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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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This paper studies the causal mechanisms behind persistent poverty. Using original data on Boran pastoralists of southern Ethiopia, we find that heterogeneous and nonlinear wealth dynamics arise purely in adverse states of nature. In favorable states, expected herd grow is quasi-linear and...
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-running index-based livestock insurance contract in Northern Kenya. We show that compared to the currently employed administrative …
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In this paper, we empirically assess the causal links between trade and individual income risk and study the role that … and the linkage between trade and risk: While, on average, individuals with higher levels of industry- or occupation … of industry-specific human capital can be costly for workers in highly trade-exposed industries. By contrast, we find no …
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a large-scale scandal that affected the Chinese dairy industry in 2008. Leveraging rich firm-product level … noninspected firms. These findings highlight the importance of collective reputation in international trade and the challenges …
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This paper documents the rise of the Internet as a source of state-tax-free cigarettes and its impact on taxed sales elasticities. Using data on cigarette tax rates, taxable cigarette sales and individual smoking rates by state from 1980 to 2005 merged with data on Internet penetration, the...
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This paper explores the dynamics of the transfer of U.S. patents and the significance of the initial missallocation of patent property rights. Here we find that the initial missallocation of patent property rights is large and differs substantially across patentees and technology fields. We also...
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wealth. We use a two factor general equilibrium model and assume credit markets are absent. We explore the effects of trade … that developed countries need to ensure access to education when liberalizing trade to ensure they reap the potential gains … from trade …
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execution and the risk is a result of price movements during a more gradual trading. The paper shows that the trade-off between …
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This paper studies the role played by the distribution sector in shaping the behavior of the real exchange rate during exchange-rate-based-stabilizations. We use data for the U.S. and Argentina to document the importance of distribution margins in retail prices and disaggregated price data to...
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