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Properties of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models can be revealed by either using numerical solutions or qualitative analysis. Very precise and intuition-building results are obtained by working with models which provide closed-form solutions. Closed-form solutions are known for a...
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I examine whether transitory events can tip the scales against authoritarian regimes and lead to persistent democratization. I think of situations where this is a possibility as democratic tipping points. The transitory events I focus on are rainfall shocks in the most agricultural countries in...
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This paper investigates the economic fortunes of coerced vs. free workers in a global supply chain. To identify the differential treatment of otherwise similar workers we resort to a unique exogenous labor demand shock that affects wages in voluntary and involuntary labor relations differently....
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This paper considers the effect of acquisition FDI on the knowledge production function. We distinguish between acquisitions by MNEs from technologically leading countries and those behind the technological frontier. We show that both acquire similarly R&D intensive domestic firms, but there are...
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intuitive appeal of the latter feature, we conclude that the neoclassical growth model is a theory of eventual stagnation …
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Marx made significant contributions to macroeconomics, laying the grounds for both Keynes's theory of aggregate demand … and Schumpeter's theory of creative destruction. His law of the tendency of the rate of profit to fall parallels Alvin … Hansen's theory of secular stagnation which has recently received much attention among scholars studying the financial crises …
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In poor countries, labor productivity in agriculture is considerably lower than in the rest of the economy. We assess … between the marginal value products of agriculture and non-agriculture are considerably smaller when measured through wages … than through labor productivities. Third, labor productivity in agriculture is severely mis-measured in the US …
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Average wages are considerably lower in agriculture than in the other sectors. We document this fact for thirteen …
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Farmers are often exempted from VAT for administrative and political reasons. But this means that the VAT on their inputs cannot be ‘washed out' through the tax deduction/credit mechanism. To compensate farmers for the uncompensated VAT on inputs, the EU has devised a flat-rate scheme that...
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This research estimates the impact of climate on European agriculture using a continental scale Ricardian analysis …
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