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British beef exports did not constitute a protectionist measure, while the US ban on Chilean fruit possibly classifies as such …
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U.S. beef cattle stocks are among the most periodic time-series in economics. A theory of cattle cycles is constructed … the demographic structure of the herd to respond cyclically to exogenous shocks in demand for beef and in production costs … evolution of cattle stock and beef consumption. These compare very closely to structural econometric time-series estimates over …
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Food manufacturing and processing is an important link between agricultural producers and consumers in the agricultural supply chain. The food manufacturing sector in the United States is both increasingly mechanized and increasingly concentrated. Consequently, labor risks in food manufacturing...
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model to match the actual horizontal structure of the U.S. beef packing sector and conduct counter-factual simulations. With …
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This paper conducts counterfactual historical analysis of several monetary policy rules by contrasting actual settings of instrument variables with values that would have been specified by the rules in response to prevailing conditions. Of particular interest is whether major policy mistakes,...
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Recent trade and wages literature focuses on whether trade or technology has been the major source of increases in wage inequality in OECD countries since the 1980s. In this literature, no attention has been paid to demand side considerations. Using a simple heterogeneous goods trade model of...
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Although the college-high school wage gap for younger men has doubled over the past 30 years, the gap for older men has remained nearly constant. We argue that these shifts reflect changes in the relative supply of highly-educated workers across age groups. Cohorts born in the first half of the...
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