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by drawing out the implications of the analysis for the study of the political economy of the environment-trade-welfare … equilibrium of a small open economy where the environment is an input to production. Differences in the ability of individuals to … role in the determination of collective choices with respect to the regulation of the environment and of trade. We conclude …
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equalization and one with different factor prices. When factor prices are equalized, trade improves welfare under relatively mild …
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country. We analyze the consequences of this migration for both inequality and welfare for the source and the host country. … technological advantage in the skilled intensive good when we allow for both trade and migration skilled workers migrate to that …
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We consider firms and multi-member households operating in a competitive market environment. Households are endowed … model. Existence of general equilibrium and validity of the first welfare theorem are investigated. …
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We study the welfare properties of a general equilibrium banking model with moral hazard that encompasses incentive … welfare and yield an optimal level of banks’ risk of failure. This result holds even though the risk of failure of competitive …
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Although firms may face radically different production conditions, this dimension of firm heterogeneity is often overlooked. We model input demand across local factor markets, explicitly considering search costs which explain why firms care about both the price and availability of inputs. The...
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We consider a general equilibrium model where groups operating in a competitive market environment can have several …
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We examine how a shift of bargaining power within households operating in a competitive market environment affects … equilibrium allocation and welfare. If price effects are sufficiently small, then typically an individual benefits from an … increase of bargaining power, necessarily to the detriment of others. If price effects are drastic the welfare of all household …
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a comprehensive assessment of regulatory and monetary policy, as well as welfare analysis in the different sectors of …
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A flat tax rate on income has gained popularity in European countries. This paper assesses the attractiveness of such a flat tax in achieving redistributive objectives with the least cost to labour market performance. We do so by using a detailed applied general equilibrium model for the...
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