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Globalization and poverty
Harrison, Ann E. (ed.) - 2013
half. How much of that improvement is because of-or in spite of-globalization? While anti-globalization activists mount … loud critiques and the media report breathlessly on globalization's perils and promises, economists have largely remained … finance. Globalization and Poverty bridges that gap, bringing together experts on both international trade and pove …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012673744
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Globalization and poverty
Harrison, Ann E. (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377127
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Openness to Trade and the Spread of Industrialization : Evidence from Canada during the First Era of Globalization
Jaworski, Taylor - 2020
We use new data on manufacturing in Canada to quantify the impact of globalization on the growth and composition of … controlling for these factors, we find that greater exposure to globalization shaped the pattern of regional industrialization in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481264
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Sudden Stops : Determinants and Output Effects in the First Era of Globalization, 1880-1913
Bordo, Michael D. - 2007
in capital inflows during an era of intensified globalization. We find that higher levels of original sin (hard currency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465157
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Government, Openness and Finance : Past and Present
Demetriades, Panicos O. - 2010
We explore the role of government in the nexus of finance and trade starting from the earliest days of organised finance in England and then broadening the analysis to 84 countries from 1960 to 2004. For 18th century England, we find that the government expenditures and international trade did...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462195
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Interpreting the Tariff-Growth Correlation of the Late Nineteenth Century
Irwin, Douglas A. - 2002
Recent research has documented a positive relationship between tariffs and growth in the late nineteenth century. Such a correlation does not establish a causal relationship between tariffs and growth, but it is tempting to view the correlation as constituting evidence that protectionist or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469976
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Inequality and Unemployment in a Global Economy
Helpman, Elhanan - 2008
This paper develops a new framework for examining the distributional consequences of trade liberalization that is consistent with increasing inequality in every country, growth in residual wage inequality, rising unemployment, and reallocation within and between industries. While the opening of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464169
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Sequencing of Reforms, Financial Globalization, and Macroeconomic Vulnerability
Edwards, Sebastian - 2008
I use a large cross country data set and panel probit analysis to investigate the way in which the interaction between trade and financial openness affect the probability of external crises. This analysis is related to debate on the adequate sequencing of reform. I also investigate the role...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464263
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Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, and Trade Liberalization
Davis, Donald R. - 2007
How do labor markets adjust to trade liberalization? Leading models of intraindustry trade (Krugman (1981), Melitz (2003)) assume homogeneous workers and full employment, and thus predict that all workers win from trade liberalization, a conclusion at odds with the public debate. Our paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465514
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Risk, Government and Globalization : International Survey Evidence
Mayda, Anna Maria - 2007
government spending can bolster support for globalization by reducing the risk associated with it in the minds of voters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465617