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Trade and employment in developing countries
Krueger, Anne O. (ed.) - 1981
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000108608
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The Impact of Trade on Inequality in Developing Countries
Pavcnik, Nina - 2017
This paper assesses the current state of evidence on how international trade shapes inequality and poverty through its … also discusses perceptions about international trade in over 40 countries at different levels of development, including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453835
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Terms of Trade Shocks and Fiscal Cycles
Kaminsky, Graciela L. - 2010
The latest boom in commodity prices fueled concerns about fiscal policies in commodity-exporting countries, with many claiming that it triggered loose fiscal policy and left no funds for a rainy day. This paper examines the links between fiscal policy and terms-of-trade fluctuations using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462872
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The Long-Run Volatility Puzzle of the Real Exchange Rate
Hausmann, Ricardo - 2004
This paper documents large cross-country differences in the long run volatility of the real exchange rate. In … exchange rate in industrial countries. The paper tests whether this difference in volatility can be explained by the fact that … the difference in RER volatility between developing and industrial countries. Results from ARCH estimations confirm that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467939
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Evaluating Labour Adjustment Costs from Trade Shocks : Illustrations for the U.S. Economy Using an Applied General Equilibrium Model With Transactions
Clarete, Ramon L. - 1994
This paper presents a general equilibrium approach to calculating labour adjustment costs induced by trade policy changes or external sector shocks, which we illustrate by analyzing the adjustment consequences of eliminating quotas and tariffs on U.S. imports. In our approach, factor adjustments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474306
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Economic Shocks and Crime : Evidence from the Brazilian Trade Liberalization
Dix-Carneiro, Rafael - 2017
This paper studies the effect of changes in economic conditions on crime. We exploit the 1990s trade liberalization in Brazil as a natural experiment generating exogenous shocks to local economies. We document that regions exposed to larger tariff reductions experienced a temporary increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455281
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Trade Liberalization and Mortality : Evidence from U.S. Counties
Pierce, Justin R. - 2016
We investigate the impact of a large economic shock on mortality. We find that counties more exposed to a plausibly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455831
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The Role of Trade in Economic Development
Atkin, David; Donaldson, Dave - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This chapter (to appear in the forthcoming Handbook of International Economics, Vol. 5) develops a framework with which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012629534
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The Margins of Trade
Eaton, Jonathan - 2019
equilibrium model of international trade. Both the quality and the quantity of a product play a role in its contribution both to … exporter size. But, unlike other contributions to the literature confronting these margins in international trade, our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480070
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The Elasticity of Trade : Estimates and Evidence
Simonovska, Ina - 2011
Quantitative results from a large class of structural gravity models of international trade depend critically on the … welfare gains from international trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461861