This paper investigates patterns of manufacturing location in the context of increased economic integration in Central …

We examine linkages between aggregate household income, distribution of that income, and aggregate cross …-country expenditure patterns. We are able to decompose income effects into international income dispersion effects (from variations in … average income) and national income dispersion (income distribution) effects. This yields insights for relevant aggregate …

type consists of characteristics of the individual himself, such as age, health, income, etc. The second type of variables …

influence of religion on income. The violation of the homogeneity assumption would have two consequences. First, results based … countries. We estimate simultaneously an income and a religion equation to correct for the endogeneity of religiosity. We find … that estimation outcomes are different between low and high-income countries. Whereas church membership is found to have a …

future Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the enlarged EU and Russia. The paper uses Computable General Equilibrium Modelling …

least specialised workers. Trade reform results in sectoral reallocation of workers which affects employment in both sectors … financed by means of lump-sum taxation prevents unemployment from rising after trade has been reformed. However, giving a wage …

Transaction costs are a major reason why international trade flows are much smaller than traditional trade theory would … suggest. Trust between trading partners lowers transaction costs and may therefore enhance trade. The empirical analysis of … this paper shows that more trust leads to more trade so that part of the "mystery of missing trade" can be attributed to …

home country. This paper investigates the effects on productivity and trade from the perspective of transaction costs …, using a recent theory on trade in tasks. A production function is estimated for the Netherlands for the period 1972-2001. It …