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Politics in coalition formation of local governments

Saarimaa, Tuukka; Tukiainen, Janne - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

We analyze empirically the coalition formation of local governments using a novel reduced form econometric procedure that allows for multi-partner mergers. Using Finnish municipal merger data where mergers were decided independently at the local level, we find that merger decisions are largely...

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Do small states get more federal monies?: myth and reality about the US Senate malapportionment

Larcinese, Valentino; Rizzo, Leonzio; Testa, Cecilia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

We analyze the relationship between senate malapportionment and the allocation of the US federal budget to the states … overrepresented states get significantly larger shares of federal funds. We show that these studies suffer from fundamental … change effect. Rather than evidence of ”small state advantage", we find that states with fast growing population are …

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On the measurement of trade costs: direct vs. indirect approaches to quantifying standards and technical regulations

Chen, Natalie; Novy, Dennis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

In this article, we review the literature on the measurement of trade costs in international trade with a special emphasis on nontariff measures and in particular on standards and technical regulations. We distinguish ‘direct’ from ‘indirect’ approaches. The direct approach collects...

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Free trade agreements and the consolidation of democracy

Liu, Xuepeng; Ornelas, Emanuel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

We study the relationship between participation in free trade agreements (FTAs) and the sustainability of democracy. Our model shows that FTAs can critically reduce the incentive of authoritarian groups to seek power by destroying protectionist rents, thus making democracies last longer. This...

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Unemployment clusters across European regions and countries

Overman, Henry G.; Puga, Diego - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999

member state, having a similar skill composition, or broad sectoral specialisation. Even more surpriisingly , foreign …

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Globalisation, productive systems, and inequalities

Duranton, Gilles - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998

Using the idea that the division of labor is limited not only by the extent of the market but also by its heterogeneity, it is proposed in this paper that ''globalisation'' is redrawing the lines of division within and between countries. Our model builds on the concept of productive systems. Our...

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Trade shocks and industrial location: the impact of EEC accession on the UK

Overman, Henry G.; Winters, L. Alan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

This paper combines establishment level production data with international trade data by port to examine the impact of accession to the EEC on the spatial distribution of UK manufacturing. We use this data to test the predictions from economic geography models of how external trade affects the...

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The port geography of UK international trade

Overman, Henry G.; Winters, L Alan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

This paper examines how the geography of UK international trade has changed since the United Kingdom’s accession to the European Economic Community, using a newly constructed dataset that gives a detailed breakdown of the United Kingdom’s imports and exports by both port of entry and exit...

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A simple model of the juggernaut effect of trade liberalisation

Baldwin, Richard E.; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

This paper posits a formal political economy model where the principle of reciprocity in multilateral trade talks results in the gradual elimination of tariffs. Reciprocity trade talks turn each nation’s exporters into anti-protectionists at home; they lower foreign tariffs by convincing their...

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Endowments, market potential, and industrial location: evidence from interwar Poland (1918-1939)

Wolf, Nikolaus - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

The paper explores the determinants of industry location across interwar Poland. After more than 120 years of political and economic separation, Poland was reunified at the end of 1918. In consequence, its industry faced massive structural changes: the removal of internal tariff barriers and...

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