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The Spatial Mismatch between Innovation and Joblessness

Glaeser, Edward L. - 2019

's most persistent pockets of joblessness. Could a more even spatial distribution of innovation reduce American joblessness …? Could Federal policies disperse innovation without significant costs? If research funding is already maximizing knowledge … production, then spatial reallocation of that funding will reduce America's overall innovation unless that reallocation comes …

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Protectionist Threats and Foreign Direct Investment

Blonigen, Bruce A. - 2012

The recent literature on quid pro quo foreign direct investment (FDI) suggests that FDI may be induced by the threat of protection, and further, that FDI may be used as an instrument to defuse a protectionist threat. This paper uses a panel data set of 4-digit SIC level observations of Japanese...

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Measuring Gentrification : Using Yelp Data to Quantify Neighborhood Change

Glaeser, Edward L. - 2018

We demonstrate that data from digital platforms such as Yelp have the potential to improve our understanding of gentrification, both by providing data in close to real time (i.e. nowcasting and forecasting) and by providing additional context about how the local economy is changing. Combining...

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Pricing to Market, Staggered Contracts, and Real Exchange Rate Persistence

Bergin, Paul R. - 2010

This paper offers an explanation for the persistence observed in real exchange rate movements. The model combines pricing to market behavior with sticky prices generated by staggered contracts. A translog preference structure is sued to enhance both features. The paper finds that openness limits...

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In Search of the Armington Elasticity

Feenstra, Robert C. - 2014

these two elasticities in a model using a nested CES preference structure. We explore estimation techniques for the macro …

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Corruption in America

Glaeser, Edward L.; Saks, Raven E. - 2021

We use a data set of federal corruption convictions in the U.S. to investigate the causes and consequences of corruption. More educated states, and to a less degree richer states, have less corruption. This relationship holds even when we use historical factors like education in 1928 or...

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The Us-China Bilateral Trade Balance : its Size and Determinants

Feenstra, Robert C.; Hai, Wen; Woo, Wing Thye; Yao, Shunli - 2021

estimation method that takes advantage of our access to detailed Chinese Customs data at the commodity level. For example, the …

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Cities, Regions and the Decline of Transport Costs

Glaeser, Edward L.; Kohlhase, Janet E. - 2021

The theoretical framework of urban and regional economics is built on transportation costs for manufactured goods. But over the twentieth century, the costs of moving these goods have declined by over 90% in real terms, and there is little reason to doubt that this decline will continue....

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Testing Endogenous Growth in South Korea and Taiwan

Feenstra, Robert C.; Madani, Dorsati; Yang, Tzu han; … - 2021

We evaluate the endogenous growth hypothesis using sectoral data for South Korea and Taiwan. Our empirical work relies on a direct measure of the variety of products from each sector which can serve as intermediate inputs or as final goods. We test whether changes in the variety of these inputs,...

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Estimating the Effects of Trade Policy

Feenstra, Robert C. - 2021

This paper reviews empirical methods used to estimate the impact of trade policies under imperfect competition. We decompose the welfare effects of trade policy into four possible channels: (i) a deadweight loss from distorting consumption and production decisions; (ii) a possible gain from...

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