This paper studies foreign direct investment (FDI) spillovers on gender labor market practices of domestic firms, based …

prevents the emergence of trade in services, at considerable potential cost to firms operating in the EU. The paper discusses …

macroeconomic adjustment, general market deregulation, and promotion of private investment in the provision of public infrastructure …

We augment the canonical neoclassical model of trade to allow for interstate disputes over land, oil, water, or other … resources. The costs of such disputes in terms of arming depend on the trade regime in place. Under either autarky or free trade …, the larger country (in terms of factor endowments) need not to be more powerful. Yet, under free trade, there is a …

, 5 per cent of the value of their intra-EU trade. This figure is probably higher for other EU Member States. Obviously …, the costs constitute a (differentiated) border tax that impedes intra-EU trade. The paper analyses the determinants of the … compliance costs, as well as their effect on intra-EU trade intensity. The paper submits that the differential compliance costs …

parental human capital; (2) intergenerational transfers are accomplished via investment in the education of the younger …

foreign trade.Rüdiger Dornbusch passed away on July 25, 2002, before he was able to finalize the manuscript of his most …

firms in making their investment decisions. We use a revealed preference approach that relies on the pattern of investment … spending - combined with investment theory - to estimate the discount rates used by managers. The standard story predicts that … firms with high stock prices and good investment opportunities should have discount rates that do not differ systematically …