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We examine how globalization affects trade patterns and welfare when conflict prevails domestically. We do so in a …”). Thus, conflict is viewed as ultimately stemming from imperfect property-rights enforcement. When comparing autarky with …
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with globalization may be twin to each other. We provide statistical evidence of this so far neglected trade-off for a …
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Convex vacancy creation costs shape firms' responses to trade liberalization. They induce capacity constraints by increasing firms' cost of production, leading a profit maximizing firm not to fully meet the increased foreign demand. Hence, firms will only serve a few export markets. More...
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Using a two-factor (labor and capital), two-good (shift-working and non shiftworking commodities) model with two countries (Home and Foreign) which are located in different time zones, we highlight the impact of trade in labor services (via communication networks) on the comparative advantage of...
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For a long time globalization could be seen everywhere but in gravity estimates. We offer evidence how globalization …
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This paper sets up a general equilibrium model, in which firms are heterogeneous due to productivity differences and workers have fairness preferences and hence provide full effort only if their factor return is sufficiently high. With the wage considered to be fair by workers depending on the...
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Germany exhibits a strong reduction in domestic manufacturing production depth (bazaar effect). I argue that this reflects an unbundling of comparative advantage. Using a model where Ricardian plus Heckscher-Ohlin-type comparative advantage relates to fragments of production, I compare a trading...
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This paper identifies globalization as a factor behind the rapid increase in executive compensation and inequality over … executive compensation, indicating that globalization is influencing compensation through pay-for-non-performance. Furthermore … firms with poor corporate governance, as one would expect if globalization has enhanced rent-capture opportunities. Overall …
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While the impact of globalization on income inequality has received a lot of attention, little is known about its …
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The US labour market has experienced a remarkable polarization in the 1980s and 1990s. Moreover, recent empirical work has documented a sharp increase in the wealth to income ratio in that period. Contemporary to these inequality trends, the US faced a fast technological catch-up as European...
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