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Do Trade Policy Differences Induce Sorting? Theory and Evidence from Bangladeshi Apparel Exporters
Demidova, Svetlana - 2006
This paper provides a new heterogeneous firm model for trade where firms differ in their productivity and experience different market demand shocks. The model incorporates variations in trade policy, trade preferences, and the rules of origin needed to obtain them, to reflect real world...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465935
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China's Experience Under the Multifiber Arrangement (MFA) and the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC)
Brambilla, Irene - 2007
This paper analyzes China's experience under U.S. apparel and textile quotas. It makes use of a unique new database … (1974 to 1995) and subsequent Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (1995 to 2005). We find that China was relatively more … constrained under these regimes than other countries and that, as quotas were lifted, China's exports grew disproportionately …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465306
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Monitoring Harassment in Organizations
Boudreau, Laura; Chassang, Sylvain; Gonzalez-Torres, Ada; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We evaluate secure survey methods designed for the ongoing monitoring of harassment in organizations. We use the resulting data to answer policy relevant questions about the nature of harassment: How prevalent is it? What share of managers is responsible for the misbehavior? How isolated are its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247932
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AGOA Rules : The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Special Fabric Provisions
Edwards, Lawrence - 2010
, constrained countries such as China moved strongly into precisely the markets in which AGOA countries had specialized. Although …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462035
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Do Developing Countries Lose From the MFA?
Trela, Irene - 1988
This paper provides estimates of both national and global welfare costs of bilateral quotas on textiles and apparel using an applied general equilibrium model which covers bilateral quotas on exports of textiles and apparel negotiated between three major developed importing countries (the US,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012476428
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Issues in the Uruguay Round
Baldwin, Robert E. (contributor);  … - 1988
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000926461
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Made in America? The New World, the Old, and the Industrial Revolution
Clark, Gregory - 2008
For two decades, the consensus explanation of the British Industrial Revolution has placed technological change and the supply side at center stage, affording little or no role for demand or overseas trade. Recently, alternative explanations have placed an emphasis on the importance of trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464570
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Trade Liberalization and Embedded Institutional Reform : Evidence from Chinese Exporters
Khandelwal, Amit K. - 2011
If trade barriers are managed by inefficient institutions, trade liberalization can lead to greater-than-expected gains. We examine Chinese textile and clothing exports before and after the elimination of externally imposed export quotas. We find that the surge in export value and decline in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461133
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Expectations, Wage Hikes, and Worker Voice : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Adhvaryu, Achyuta - 2019
Hirschman's (1970) seminal thesis that enabling worker "voice" prevents exit from the employment relationship has played a foundational role in labor economics. We provide the first experimental test of this hypothesis in a real-world setting via a randomized controlled trial in Indian garment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479815
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The Light and the Heat : Productivity Co-benefits of Energy-saving Technology
Adhvaryu, Achyuta - 2018
decisions. We study consequences of the adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting in garment factories around Bangalore, India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453400