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Gravity Without Apology : The Science of Elasticities, Distance, and Trade
Carrère, Céline - 2020
Gravity as both fact and theory is one of the great success stories of recent research on international trade, and has featured prominently in the policy debate over Brexit. We first review the facts, noting the overwhelming evidence that trade tends to fall with distance. We then introduce some...
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The Falling Elasticity of Global Trade to Economic Activity : Testing the Demand Channel
Auboin, Marc - 2018
Since the recovery from the great financial crisis in 2010, global real trade flows grew much slower than pre-crisis, in both absolute terms (growth rates) and relative terms (relative to GDP, from 2:1 in the great 1990’s to 1:1 since 2012) A debate has arisen as to whether this global trade...
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Unlocking New Methods to Estimate Country-Specific Trade Costs and Trade Elasticities
Freeman, Rebecca; Larch, Mario; Theodorakopoulos, Angelos; … - 2021
We propose new methods to identify the full impact of country-specific characteristics on bilateral trade flows within the framework of ‘the new quantitative trade model.’ We complement theory with a simple two-stage estimating procedure, and offer a proof of concept by quantifying the...
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Migration and trade
Egger, Peter H.; Ehrlich, Maximilian von; Nelson, Douglas R. - 2011
Theoretical and empirical research in economics suggests that bilateral migration triggers bilateral trade through a number of channels. This paper assesses the functional form of the impact of migration on trade flows in a quasi-experimental setting. We provide evidence that the relationship is...
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The Determinants of Subnational Public Spending Allocation for Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladesh
Karim, Azreen - 2020
disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation in Bangladesh, a country with a very high exposure to weather risk. We use a … comprehensive dataset for the 483 sub-districts (Upazilas) in Bangladesh, tracking disaster risk reduction and adaptation funding … transfers, provided that it is allocated rationally. Broadly, this appears to be the case in Bangladesh. We leave the measuring …
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Gender Empowerment, Supply-Chain Linkages and Foreign Direct Investment : Evidence on Bangladesh
Kee, Hiau-Looi - 2020
on a unique firm-to-firm dataset of Bangladesh's textiles and garment sectors. We look at the female employment of …
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Layoffs and Productivity at a Bangladeshi Sweater Factory
Akerlof, Robert - 2020
Conflicts between management and workers are common and can have significant impacts on productivity. We study how workers in a large Bangladeshi sweater factory responded to management's decision to lay off about a quarter of the workers following a period of labor unrest. Our main finding is...
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Flexible Microcredit : Effects on Loan Repayment and Social Pressure
Czura, Kristina - 2020
Flexible repayment schedules allow borrowers to invest in profitable yet risky projects, but practitioners fear they erode repayment morale. We study repayment choices in rigid and flexible loan contracts that allow discretion in repayment timing. To separate strategic repayment choices from...
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Social Norms and Misinformation : Experimental Evidence on Learning About Menstrual Health Management in Rural Bangladesh
Castro, Silvia; Czura, Kristina - 2021
with women in rural Bangladesh, we measure social norms in the form of empirical and normative expectations about menstrual …
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Productivity Shocks and Aggregate Fluctuations in an Estimated Endogenous Growth Model with Human Capital
Malley, Jim - 2011
Employing an endogenous growth model with human capital, this paper explores how productivity shocks in the goods and human capital producing sectors contribute to explaining aggregate fluctuations in output, consumption, investment and hours. Given the importance of accounting for both the...
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