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The US-China trade war and the relocation of global value chains to Mexico
Utar, Hâle; Zurita, Alfonso Cebreros; Torres Ruiz, … - 2023
Did the 2018/19 US-China trade war trigger adjustment of Global Value Chains (GVCs) and nearshoring to Mexico? We … address this question with confidential longitudinal firm-level trade data from Mexico that covers the universe of … in GVC activities in Mexico with linkages to Asian and US-based GVCs. Our analysis also reveals increased net exports and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014340112
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Competitiveness : a comparison of China and Mexico
Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003612358
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The war on illegal drugs in producer and consumer countries : a simple analytical framework
Mejía, Daniel (contributor) - 2008
data for the war on drugs in Colombia, and against consumption in the U.S., to calibrate the unobservable parameters of the … ; Plan Colombia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790762
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A unified theory of firm selection and growth
Arkolakis, Costas - 2009
This paper develops a theory of firm selection and growth and embeds it into an international trade framework of balanced growth. I assume that firm-level growth is the result of idiosyncratic productivity improvements while there is continuous arrival of new potential producers. Firms can also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850872
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On the design of education conditional cash transfer programs and non education outcomes : the case of teenage pregnancy
Cortés, Darwin; Gallego, Juan; Maldonado, Darío - 2011
We investigate the effect of education Conditional Cash Transfer programs (CCTs) on teenage pregnancy. Our main concern is with how the size and sign of the effect may depend on the design of the program. Using a simple model we show that an education CCT that conditions renewal on school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009240855
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Competitive devaluations in commodity-based economics : Colombia and the Pacific Alliance Group
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Costamagna, Rodrigo; … - 2016
This paper investigates whether there is an S-Curve in Colombia using bilateral and disaggregated quarterly data for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476057
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Unwilling to train? : firm responses to the Colombian apprenticeship regulation
Caicedo, Santiago; Espinosa, Miguel; Seibold, Arthur - 2020
We study firm responses to a large-scale change in apprenticeship regulation in Colombia. The reform requires firms to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012294728
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Relational collusion in the Colombian electricity market
Bernasconi, Mario; Espinosa, Miguel; Macchiavello, Rocco; … - 2023
Under collusion, firms deviate from current profit maximization in anticipation of future rewards. As current profit maximization places little restrictions on firms' pricing behaviour, collusive conduct is hard to infer. We show that bids from certain firms in the Colombian wholesale...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014252003
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The contribution of short-cycle programs to student outcomes : evidence from Colombia
Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Ferreira, María M.; Melguizo, Tatiana - 2023
. We exploit unique administrative data from Colombia on the universe of students, institutions, and programs to control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013540729
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Transit migration and crime evidence from Colombia
Rey, Ramón; Schulze, Günther G.; Zakharov, Nikita - 2024
This paper investigates the effect of Venezuelan transit migration on crime rates in Colombia. We exploit the reopening … of the Venezuela-Colombia border in 2016, which has led to a surge in transit migration, and geospatial information about … the distinct routes through which the migrants crossed Colombia. Employing a difference-in-differences approach and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477818