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Blanchard, Olivier (contributor) - 1994

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China's Macroeconomic Development : The Role of Gradualist Reforms

Chen, Kaiji; Zha, Tao - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper reviews recent literature on China's macroeconomic development, emphasizing the critical role of the gradualist approach over the past four decades. Beyond China's structural transformation, we explore various aspects such as high saving rates, the housing boom, an expanding current...

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Entrepreneurship in China's Structural Transitions : Network Expansion and Overhang

Dai, Ruochen; Mookherjee, Dilip; Munshi, Kaivan; Zhang, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This research examines the determinants of entrepreneurship in the initial transition from agriculture to industrial production and the subsequent transition to higher value exporting in China. Using data covering the universe of registered firms over the 1994-2009 period, we find that...

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EU Accession and Foreign Owned Firms in Bulgaria

Feliciano, Zadia M. - 2016

Bulgaria signed the Europe Association Agreement (EAA) in 1995 and the European Union accession treaty in 2005 …. Accession had the effect of increasing FDI in Bulgaria. We analyze World Bank BEEPS firm level data for 2007 to better … understand characteristics and performance of foreign firms in Bulgaria. We estimate linear probability and logit models to …

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FDI in the Restructuring of the Japanese Economy

Blomstrom, Magnus - 2000

This paper examines how inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI) have influenced the restructuring of the Japanese economy and can be expected to continue to do so in the future. We find that outward investment has helped Japanese firms to sustain foreign market shares and contributed...

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Peopling the Pampa : On the Impact of Mass Migration to the River Plate, 1870-1914

Taylor, Alan M. - 2000

The Argentine economy was transformed in the late nineteenth century by the mass migration of millions of Europeans. Various ideas have surfaced concerning the likely impact of this labor inflow: that it favored the wheat revolution on the pampas; that it promoted urbanization and the rapid...

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The Cost of Recessions Revisited : A Reverse-Liquidationist View

Caballero, Ricardo J. - 1999

The observation that liquidations are concentrated in recessions has long been the subject of controversy. One view holds that liquidations are beneficial in that they result in increased restructuring. Another view holds that liquidations are privately inefficient and essentially wasteful. This...

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Political Economy, Sectoral Shocks, and Border Enforcement

Hanson, Gordon H. - 1999

In this paper, we examine the correlation between sectoral shocks and border enforcement in the United States. Enforcement of national borders is the main policy instrument the U.S. government uses to combat illegal immigration. The motivation for the exercise is to see whether border...

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Changing Returns to Scale in Manufacturing 1880-1930 : The Rise of (Skilled) Labor?

Lafortune, Jeanne; Lewis, Ethan; Martinez, Jose Pablo; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This paper estimates returns to scale for manufacturing industries around the turn of the twentieth century in the United States by exploiting an industry-city panel data for the years 1880-1930. We estimate decreasing returns to scale on average over the period, contrary to most of the existing...

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Perspectives on Trade and Structural Transformation

Alessandria, George A.; Johnson, Robert C.; Yi, Kei-mu - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This paper surveys macroeconomic and microeconomic perspectives on the role of international trade in structural transformation. We start by describing canonical frameworks that have been used to quantify how trade influences sectoral shares of employment and value added. We then pivot to survey...

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