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Alternatives for growth : the engineering and economics of natural resources development : a conference of the National Bureau of Economic Research
MacMains, Harvey J. (ed.); Wilcox, Lyle (contributor) - 1978
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000062504
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Commodity Trade Matters
Fally, Thibault - 2018
Primary commodities are used as inputs into all production processes, yet they account for approximately 16 percent of world trade. Despite their share in trade, we show that the aggregate gains from trade are largely understated if we ignore key features of commodities: low price elasticities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480618
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An Economic Rationale for the African Scramble : The Commercial Transition and the Commodity Price Boom of 1845-1885
Frankema, Ewout - 2015
This is the first study to present a unified quantitative account of African commodity trade in the long 19th century from the zenith of the Atlantic slave trade (1790s) to the eve of World War II (1939). Drawing evidence from a new dataset on export and import prices, volumes, composition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457454
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Commodity Trade and the Carry Trade : a Tale of Two Countries
Ready, Robert - 2013
Persistent differences in interest rates across countries account for much of the profitability of currency carry trade strategies. "Commodity currencies'' tend to have high interest rates while low interest rate currencies belong to exporters of finished goods. This pattern arises in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459290
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Monetary Rules for Commodity Traders
Catão, Luis - 2012
We develop a dynamic model of a small open economy that trades commodities whose world prices are subject to realistic random fluctuations, and study the implications of monetary policy alternatives. The model is much more flexible than those of previous studies, especially in allowing to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460124
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The Effects of Fair Trade Certification : Evidence from Coffee Producers in Costa Rica
Dragusanu, Raluca - 2018
We examine the effects of Fair Trade (FT) certification of coffee on producers and households in Costa Rica. Examining the production dynamics of the universe of Costa Rican coffee mills from 1999-2014, we find that FT certification is associated with a higher sales price, greater sales, and...
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The Economics of Fair Trade
Dragusanu, Raluca E. - 2014
Fair Trade is a labeling initiative aimed at improving the lives of the poor in developing countries by offering better terms to producers and helping them to organize. In this survey, we provide a critical overview of the economic theory behind Fair Trade, describing the potential benefits and...
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Fair Trade Agreements
Passarelli, Francesco; Staiger, Robert W. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The legitimacy of the world trading system is under growing attack, as challenges to its conformity with norms of fairness and social justice are increasingly voiced by citizens and their governments around the world. Taking a novel "bottom up" approach to concerns for fairness, we show how...
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Media and Social Capital
Campante, Filipe R.; Durante, Ruben; Tesei, Andrea - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We survey the empirical literature in economics on the impact of media technologies on social capital. Motivated by a … social and political participation to interpersonal trust, in its benign and destructive manifestations. The impact of media … networks they create, as well as individual characteristics and media consumption choices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012629450
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Information Frictions and News Media in Global Value Chains
Bui, Ha; Huo, Zhen; Levchenko, Andrei A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We introduce information frictions into a tractable quantitative multi-country multi-sector model with global value chains. Producers in a sector do not perfectly observe contemporaneous shocks to other countries and sectors, and their output decisions respond to their idiosyncratic beliefs...
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