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Do Food Scares Explain Supplier Concentration? An Analysis of EU Agri-food Imports

Cadot, Olivier; Jaud, Mélise; Suwa Eisenmann, Akiko - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper documents a decreasing trend in the geographical concentration of EU agro-food imports. Decomposing the concentration indices into intensive and extensive margins components, we find that the decrease in overall concentration indices results from two diverging trends: the pattern of...

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The National Security Argument for Agricultural Protection

Winters, L. Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

Agricultural support is often advocated as a means to national security. This is misguided. At current levels of consumption there is considerable scope for substitution away from food without catastrophic welfare losses, and even in the total absence of imports the United Kingdom could feed...

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The Uruguay Round: A Global General Equilibrium Assessment

Francois, Joseph; McDonald, Brad; Nordström, Håkan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

In this paper we provide an economic assessment of the Uruguay Round agreements on tariffs, textiles and clothing, and agriculture, highlighting scale economies, imperfect competition, and dynamic linkages between trade, incomes, and investment. We present estimates of the welfare effects of the...

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Organizing the Global Value Chain

Antràs, Pol; Chor, Davin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We develop a property-rights model of the firm in which production entails a continuum of uniquely sequenced stages. In each stage, a final-good producer contracts with a distinct supplier for the procurement of a customized stage-specific component. Our model yields a sharp characterization for...

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From Malthus to Ohlin: Trade, Growth and Distribution Since 1500

O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

A recent endogenous growth literature has focused on the transition from a Malthusian world where real wages were linked to factor endowments, to one where modern growth has broken that link. In this Paper we present evidence on another, related phenomenon: the dramatic reversal in...

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The Rise and Fall of Elites: A Theory of Economic Development and Social Polarization in Rent-seeking Societies

Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper analyses how political institutions, wealth distribution and economic activities affect each other during … played by the initial distribution of wealth in determining the long-run pattern of political participation and economic …

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Cities and Countries

Rose, Andrew K - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

size distributions of cities and countries are similar. But theories that explain the size-distribution of cities do not … obviously apply in explaining the size-distribution of countries. The similarity of city- and country-size distributions is an …

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Should Egalitarians Expropriate Philanthropists?

Dasgupta, Indraneel; Kanbur, Ravi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Wealthy individuals often voluntarily provide public goods that the poor also consume. Such philanthropy is perceived as legitimizing one’s wealth. Governments routinely exempt the rich from taxation on grounds of their charitable expenditure. We examine the normative logic of this exemption....

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Efficiency and Equity: Is There a Trade-off?

Correia, Isabel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

Efficient measures are often not implemented because of their potentially damaging effects on distribution, yet these … when we can separate the effect on efficiency from the effect on distribution, that is when Gorman aggregation applies, the … well-known result that aggregate effects can be computed independently of the distribution can be accompanied by a similar …

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Colonial Rule, Apartheid and Natural Resources: Top Incomes in South Africa, 1903-2007

Alvaredo, Facundo; Atkinson, Anthony B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

There have been important studies of overall income inequality and of poverty in South Africa. In this paper, we approach the subject from a different direction: the extent and evolution of top incomes. We present estimates of the shares in total income of groups such as the top 1 per cent and...

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