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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Indian Tariff Reform
Edmonds, Eric V; Pavcnik, Nina; Topalova, Petia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. Overall, in the 1990s, rural India experienced a dramatic increase in … imply that roughly half of India's rise in schooling and a third of the fall in child labor during the 1990s can be …
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China's Latent Human Capital Investment: Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top
Constant, Amelie; Meng, Jingzhou; Tien, Bienvenue; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
In this paper we provide an overview of China’s human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China’s notable achievements in education as well as its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002385
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Financial Stability, the Trilemma, and International Reserves
Obstfeld, Maurice; Shambaugh, Jay C; Taylor, Alan M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
The rapid growth of international reserves|a development concentrated in the emerging markets|remains a puzzle. In this paper we suggest that a model based on financial stability and financial openness goes far toward explaining reserve holdings in the modern era of globalized capital markets....
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Why are firms that export cleaner? International trade and CO2 emissions
Forslid, Rikard; Okubo, Toshihiro; Ulltveit-Moe, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper develops a model of trade and CO2 emissions with heterogenous firms, where firms make abatement investments and thereby have an impact on their level of emissions. The model shows that investments in abatements are positively related to firm productivity and firm exports. Emission...
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Trade and Climate Change: The Challenges Ahead
de Melo, Jaime; Mathys, Nicole Andréa - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
on the extent of pollution haven effects suggests that these should be small under climate mitigation policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677241
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Sources of Comparative Advantage in Polluting Industries
Broner, Fernando A; Bustos, Paula; Carvalho, Vasco M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
the country level with data on pollution intensity at the industry level to show that countries with laxer environmental …. We propose an instrument for environmental regulation based on meteorological determinants of pollution dispersion … identified by the atmospheric pollution literature. We find that the effect of environmental regulation on the pattern of trade …
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Trade in a 'Green Growth' Development Strategy: Issues and Challenges
de Melo, Jaime - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
little evidence that differences in environmental policies across countries has led to significant ‘pollution havens’. Trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083801
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Barriers to Trade in Environmental Goods and Environmental Services: How Important Are They? How Much Progress at Reducing Them?
de Melo, Jaime; Vijil, Mariana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
Barriers to trade in Environmental Goods (EGs) and Environmental Services (ESs) are documented for a large sample of countries and compared with barriers to trade in other goods and other services. Some progress at reduction in barriers has occurred at the national, regional and sectoral levels...
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Per-Capita Income as a Determinant of International Trade and Environmental Policies
Markusen, James R. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
International trade policy analysis has tended to focus on the production side of general equilibrium, with policies such as a tariff or carbon tax affecting international and internal income distributions through a Heckscher-Ohlin nexus of factor intensities and factor endowments. Here I move...
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Reconciling Trade and Climate Policies
de Melo, Jaime; Mathys, Nicole Andréa - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
The outcome of the 15th conference of the Parties to the UNFCC showed a shift from a top-down approach with a collective target favoring environmental objectives to a bottom-up accord favoring political feasibility. There is no meaningful binding agreement in sight, also because the global...
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