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Time preference, productivity, and the growth effects of integration
Frenkel, Michael; Trauth, Thomas - EconWPA - 1996
Traditional trade theory emphasizes static gains form trade, whereas the growing literature on endogenous growth is able to explain dynamic gains from trade, i.e., how trade influences economic growth. Empirical studies suggest that dynamic gains are likely to be significantly more important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062653
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INCOME CONVERGENCE DURING THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE WORLD ECONOMY 1919-39
Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2003
Some economists have argued that the process of disintegration of the world economy between the two World Wars led to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076560
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The Ricardian Vice: Why Sala-i-Martin’s calculations of world income inequality are wrong
Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2003
The paper discusses recent world income inequality calculations by Sala- i-Martin. It shows that the two main problems … of income augmented by a constant shift parameter and not a distribution of income among world citizens. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134630
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THE TWO FACES OF GLOBALIZATION: AGAINST GLOBALIZATION AS WE KNOW IT
Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2003
The paper shows that the current view of globalization as an automatic and benign force is flawed: it focuses on only … one, positive, face of globalization while entirely neglecting a malignant one. The two key historical episodes that are … adduced by the supporters of the “globalization as it is” (the Halcyon days of the 1870-1913, and the record of the last two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118746
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Fiscal Policy, Human Capital, and Canada-US Labor Market Integration
Wildasin, David E. - EconWPA - 2003
This paper analyzes some of the implications of North American labor market integration for fiscal policy. The economies of Canada and the US are both characterized by highly integrated internal markets for goods and services as well as for labor and capital, and subnational governments in both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076579
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Turkiye'nin dunya ekonomisine entegrasyon sureci ( The integration process of Turkey into the world economy) (IN TURKISH)
HALICIOGLU, Ferda - EconWPA - 2005
This study brifly looks into the process of Turkey into the world economy and concludes that this process has been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124899
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Economic Integration and Trade Competitiveness in Latin America
Rajagopal - EconWPA - 2004
There are large differences in gross domestic products by sectors among Latin American countries, and the majority of these differences are due to the value of industrial and service sectors. The structural reforms in countries of Latin America has broadly focused in the five major areas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412691
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An Econometric Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment Flows into Turkey from Major Global Regions: 1975-1999
Halicioglu, Ferda - EconWPA - 2005
This paper analyses the determinants of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into Turkey from four major geographical regions and at aggregate level with a special emphasis on Turkey’s application to the European Union (EU) to become a full member in 1987. In contrast to previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556456
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Economic Geography and the Fiscal Effects of Regional Integration
Ludema, Rodney D.; Wooton, Ian - EconWPA - 1998
In models of economic geography, plant-level scale economies and trade costs create incentives for spatial agglomeration of production into a manufacturing core and agricultural periphery, creating regional income differentials. We examine tax competition between national governments to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556493
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REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: THE CANADA-U.S. EXPERIENCE
GLOBERMAN, STEVEN - EconWPA - 2004
This paper assesses the nature and degree of bilateral economic integration preceding and following the implementation of the Canada- U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CUSTA). Various price-based and quantity- based indicators of economic integration are assessed. Results vary depending upon the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556663