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Economic Integration and Manufacturing Location in EU Accession Countries
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Traistaru, Iulia - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003
This paper investigates patterns of manufacturing location in the context of increased economic integration in Central …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257184
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National and International Income Dispersion and Aggregate Expenditures
Fillat, Carmen; Francois, Joseph - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255538
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Well-Being Inequality and Reference Groups - An Agenda for New Research
Praag, Bernard M.S. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010
In this paper it is argued that subjective well-being of the individual depends on two types of variables. The first type consists of characteristics of the individual himself, such as age, health, income, etc. The second type of variables consists of the characteristics of the individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256511
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Abolishing GDP
Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
Expectations and information about the growth of GDP per capita have a large influence on decisions made by private and public economic agents. It will be argued here that GDP (per capita) is far from a robust indicator of social welfare, and that its use as such must be regarded as a serious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257560
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Market Integration Dynamics and Asymptotic Price Convergence in Distribution
García-Hiernaux, Alfredo; Guerrero, David E.; McAleer, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
In this paper we analyse the market integration process of the relative price distribution, develop a model to analyze … market integration, and present a formal test of increasing market integration. We distinguish between the economic concepts … distribution. We present concepts and definitions related to the market integration process, link this to price convergence in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255992
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The Economic Effects of a Russia-EU FTA
Manchin, Miriam - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
future Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between theenlarged EU and Russia. The paper uses Computable General Equilibrium …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255888
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Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions: On Revealed Comparative Advantage And Merger Waves
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Marrewijk, Charles van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
By combining two large data sets (on international trade flows and cross-border mergers and acquisitions – M&As), we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255575
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Productivity Gains from Offshoring: an Empirical Analysis for the Netherlands
Butter, Frank A.G. den; Pattipeilohy, Christiaan - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255886
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Business Cycles, the Current Account, and Administered Protection in Mexico
Francois, Joseph; Niels, Gunnar - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003
Antidumping actions in the United States and EU are knownto be linked to macroeconomic conditions. In part, this is becausepositive injury findings may be easier to make in a downturn. Weexplore the evidence for Mexico, one of the main "new" antidumpingusing countries. Injury determination is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256114
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Trade, Trust and Transaction Cost
Butter, Frank A.G. den; Mosch, Robert H.J. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256716