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These two volumes contain seventy essays chosen largely for the originality of their contributions. The first volume contains several classic papers. Among them are the many contributions to the theory of distortions in the 1960s which laid the foundations of the postwar theory of commercial...
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These two volumes contain seventy essays chosen largely for the originality of their contributions. The first volume contains several classic papers. Among them are the many contributions to the theory of distortions in the 1960s which laid the foundations of the postwar theory of commercial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034471
workers in the middle of the wage distribution. In Offshoring in the Global Economy, noted economist Robert Feenstra offers a …, prices, and productivity on the macroeconomics of offshoring. In a concluding chapter, he addresses the broader implications … of both empirical and theoretical work on offshoring and suggests directions for future research. Ohlin Lectures series …
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In today’s globalized economy, firms often consider offshoring when confronted by rising costs and fierce competition …. One mode of offshoring has continued to grow despite the current global economic turmoil: the captive center. Captive …-office activities. In Offshoring Strategies, Ilan Oshri examines the evolution of the captive center. He identifies basic captive center …
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Full employment used to be an explicit goal of economic policy in most of the industrialized world. Some countries even … achieved it. In Back to Full Employment, economist Robert Pollin argues that the United States--today faced with its highest … level of unemployment since the Great Depression--should put full employment back on the agenda. There are good reasons to …
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sector). The book examines the effects of insiders' activities on wages, employment, and unemployment; discusses the …
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introduce a better macro model, one that can say useful things about the fluctuation of employment, the correlation between … wages and employment, and the role for corrective monetary policy. …
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, countries will have more resources to concentrate on structural concerns. Welfare and Employment in a United Europe takes a … no guarantee that the European Monetary Union will result in fewer product market restrictions or less employment …
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optimal pricing and the other on managerial riskbearing. Finally, Part IV, Prices, Income, and Employment, consists of two …
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The American government has been both miracle worker and villain in the developing world. From the end of World War II until the 1980s poor countries, including many in Africa and the Middle East, enjoyed a modicum of economic growth. New industries mushroomed and skilled jobs multiplied, thanks...
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