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Service Imports, Workforce Composition, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Finnish Microdata
Ariu, Andrea; Nilsson-Hakkala, Katariina; Jensen, J. … - 2019
characteristics to examine changes in employment composition and performance of Finnish service importers during a period of a … find that firms that increase imports of service inputs reduce employment of low-skill service workers, increase employment … survival. The employment composition and performance responses to service imports differ across firms in the manufacturing …
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Trade, Factor Mobility and the Extent of Economic Integration: Theory and Evidence
Mikolajun, Irena; Viaene, Jean-Marie - 2015
The Middle East was once seen as a medieval great globalized force. Nowadays it shows one of the lowest intra-regional trade in the world and therefore it is claimed that the region is poorly integrated. Yet, with the steady .ow of workers across national borders of the Middle East is this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388153
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Roman Transport Network Connectivity and Economic Integration
Flückiger, Matthias; Hornung, Erik; Larch, Mario; … - 2019
We show that the creation of the first integrated pan-European transport network during Roman times influences economic integration over two millennia. Drawing on spatially highly disaggregated data on excavated Roman ceramics, we document that interregional trade was strongly influenced by...
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Was Germany ever united?: evidence from intra- and international trade 1885 - 1933
Wolf, Nikolaus - 2008
When did Germany become economically integrated? Within the framework of a gravity model, based on a new data set of about 40,000 observations on trade flows within and across the borders of Germany over the period 1885-1933, I explore the geography of trade costs across Central Europe. There...
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Unlocking the value of cross-border mergers and acquisitions
Brakman, Steven; Garita, Gus; Garretsen, Harry; van … - 2008
Most FDI takes place between the developed countries, which suggests that the market-seeking motive is important for understanding FDI. However, given the stylized fact that trade barriers (e.g. transportation costs and financial barriers) have declined over the past 20 years, models that aim to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275800
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The Pressure Is On: How Geopolitical Tensions Impact Institutional Fiscal and External Stability Responses
Afonso, António; Alves, José; Monteiro, Sofia - 2024
In this article, we study the effects of geopolitical risks and world uncertainty on time-varying fiscal and external sustainability coefficients. We use Schlicht's (2021) methodology to estimate time-varying fiscal and external sustainability coefficients for the EU for 27 economies between...
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Taxation Systems in the EU: The Role of Economic Integration and Global Financial Crisis
Erol, Kazim Okan - 2020
This study aims to scrutinize the change of public revenue systems of the EU-15 between 1980 and 2016. The share of consumption taxes in total tax revenues increases and this process have triggered higher tax burden on labor in most of the EU countries via indirect taxation. In this study I use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012425598
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A Theory of Economic Disintegration
Janeba, Eckhard; Schulz, Karl - 2020
We develop a theory of economic disintegration with both endogenously formed tax and trade policies. We show very generally that, contrary to conventional wisdom, a country’s disintegration from an integrated area leads to a deeper integration inside the area. Similarly, the departure of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012425612
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Unionized Oligopoly, Trade Liberalization and Location Choice
Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Meland, Frode; Sørgard, Lars - 2002
In a two-country reciprocal dumping model, with one country unionized, we analyze how wage setting and firm location are influenced by trade liberalization. We show that trade liberalization can induce FDI, which is at odds with conventional theoretical wisdom and cannot happen in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315359
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Labor Market Effects of Economic Integration - The Impact of Re-Unification in German Border Regions
Büttner, Thiess; Rincke, Johannes - 2004
labor market effects of German re-unification. In the aftermath of the re-unification shock, despite some gain in employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315823