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Explaining the Size Differences of Exporter Productivity Premia : Theory and Evidence

Geishecker, Ingo - 2014

Why is it that exporter productivity premia (EPP) differ so widely in size? We take this question to the theory and to … EPPs across sectors, and hence across countries, can be explained by the variation in productivity dispersion, trade costs …

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Firm Response to Competitive Shocks : Evidence from China's Minimum Wage Policy

Hau, Harald - 2017

factor productivity growth–particularly among the less productive firms under private Chinese or foreign ownership, but not …

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Firm Level Productivity Under Imperfect Competition in Output and Labor Markets

Amoroso, Sara - 2010

total factor productivity growth (TFPG). Embedding Dobbelaere and Mairesse's (2009) generalization of Hall's (1990) approach … competition measure does not affect the level of productivity change …

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Pollution, Shadow Economy and Corruption : Theory and Evidence

Biswas, Amit K. - 2013

We study how the shadow economy affects pollution and how this effect depends on corruption levels in public administration. Production in the shadow economy allows firms to avoid environmental regulation policies; a large informal sector may be accompanied by higher pollution levels. Our...

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The Environmental Kuznets Curve and Sustainability : A Panel Data Analysis

Farhani, Sahbi - 2014

In recent years, sustainability has represented one of the most important policy goals explored in the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) literature. But related hypotheses, performance measures and results continue to present a challenge. The present paper contributes to this ongoing literature...

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Carbon Tariffs : An Analysis of the Trade, Welfare and Emission Effects

Larch, Mario - 2015

Carbon tariffs are one prominently discussed climate policy. The proponents stress the carbon tariffs' ability to restore competitiveness, avoid carbon leakage, and reduce world carbon emissions. We analyze the effects of carbon tariffs on trade, welfare, and carbon emissions in a structural...

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Democracy, Inequality and the Environment When Citizens Can Mitigate Privately or Act Collectively

Bernard, Sophie; Hotte, Louis; Winer, Stanley L. - 2021

We study the political economy of the environment in autocratic, weak and strong democracies when individuals can either mitigate the health consequences of domestic pollution privately or reduce pollution collectively through public policy. The setting is that of a small open economy in which...

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Using Output-Based Allocations to Manage Volatility and Leakage in Pollution Markets

Meunier, Guy - 2017

Output-based allocations (OBAs) are typically used in emission trading schemes to mitigate leakage in sectors at risk. Recent work has shown they may also help to stabilize prices in markets subject to supply and demand shocks. We extend previous work to simultaneously include both leakage and...

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Demographic Structure and Macroeconomic Trends

Aksoy, Yunus; Basso, Henrique S.; Smith, Ron; Grasl, Tobias - 2021

The effect of changes in demographic structure on medium-run trends of key macroeconomic variables is estimated using a Panel VAR of 21 OECD economies. The panel data variability assists the identification of direct effects of demographics, while the dynamic structure uncovers long-term effects....

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Ageing and Productivity Growth : Are There Macro-Level Cohort Effects of Human Capital?

Werding, Martin - 2021

demographics and the productivity of those who will still be active during the up-coming period of demographic ageing. As … productivity is difficult to investigate at a micro level, the paper builds on a large macro-data panel covering developed as well … output per worker as well as on total factor productivity (TFP). The results confirm earlier findings by Feyrer (2007 …

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