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The Separation and Reunification of Germany : Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the Enduring Effects of Communism
Becker, Sascha O. - 2020
East and West Germany were far from being randomly selected treatment and control groups. First, the later border is … occupying forces affected East and West differently. Third, a selective fifth of the population fled from East to West Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839354
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Tax Morale After the Reunification of Germany : Results from a Quasi-Natural Experiment
Feld, Lars P.; Torgler, Benno - 2021
This paper provides a comparison of tax morale between inhabitants of East and West Germany in its post … compared to cross-country studies. Our findings show higher tax morale in East than in West Germany. However, in only 9 years … the East. We suggest that this convergence in tax morale between East and West Germany, despite efforts of the federal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317223
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International trade, factor mobility and the persistence of cultural-institutional diversity
Belloc, Marianna; Bowles, Samuel - 2009
Cultural and institutional differences among nations may result in differences in the ratios of marginal costs of goods in autarchy and thus be the basis of specialization and comparative advantage, as long as these differences are not eliminated by trade. We provide an evolutionary model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271869
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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 … internal fragmentation resulted from cultural heterogeneity, from administrative borders within Germany, and from geographical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264457
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The bazaar effect, unbundling of comparative advantage, and migration
Kohler, Wilhelm K. - 2007
Germany exhibits a strong reduction in domestic manufacturing production depth (bazaar effect). I argue that this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274459
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Globalization in the Time of COVID-19
Sforza, Alessandro - 2020
The economic effects of a pandemic crucially depend on the extend to which countries are connected in global production networks. In this paper we incorporate production barriers induced by COVID-19 shock into a Ricardian model with sectoral linkages, trade in intermediate goods and sectoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837986
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Export Take-Offs and Acceleration : Unpacking Cross-Sector Linkages in the Evolution of Comparative Advantage
Bahar, Dany - 2019
The transition into non-traditional export activities attracts important policy and academic attention. Using international trade data, we explore how alternative linkages relate to the take-off and acceleration of export industries. Concretely, we run a horse-race among alternative Marshallian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892161
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Trade and Credit Reallocation : How Banks Help Shape Comparative Advantage
Keuschnigg, Christian - 2019
Trade and innovation cause structural change. Productive factors must flow from declining to growing industries. Banks play a major role in cutting credit to non-viable firms in downsizing sectors and in providing new credit to finance investment in expanding, innovative sectors. Structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892187
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Comparative Advantage in (Non-)Routine Production
Archanskaia, Liza - 2020
We illustrate a new source of comparative advantage that is generated by countries' different ability to adjust to technological change. Our model introduces substitution of workers in codifiable (routine) tasks with more efficient machines, a process extensively documented in the labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012836713
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A New Ricardian Model of Trade, Growth and Inequality
Marjit, Sugata - 2021
theory involving capital and labour without neo-classical assumptions. Interestingly the growth story of the model seems to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314959