as 'maquiladoras') on various measures of standard of living in Mexico, namely literacy rate, school attendance rates …

. Globalization critics are concerned that this pressure induces countries to lower labor standards in order to remain competitive and … retain or attract foreign investment. Defenders of globalization counter that countries that are more closely integrated into … global markets are likely to have higher rather than lower standards. This article tests the effect of globalization on a …

Using panel regression for the period 1970-2000 the paper analyzes whether globalization has influenced the OECD … endogeneity of the regressors, the results show that globalization (measured by an index covering 23 variables) did not generally … decrease the leeway for independent economic policy. Globalization even increased implicit tax rates on capital (as calculated …

. Our three-fold empirical understanding of the process of globalization – reliance on foreign savings, MNC penetration and …

foreign clubs. This provides an example as how forces of efficiency but also inequality unleashed by globalization can be …

globalization. The paper extends recent research on the developmental effects of international financial integration, long …-term trends in capital mobility and “globalization in historical perspective”. Analyzing the patterns of international financial … a central element of 19th century financial globalization, but plays only a minor role today. The Lucas paradox of …

conclude that these findings have important implications for the current globalization debate: lacking jurisdictional …