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Cost competition, fragmentation and globalization
Dluhosch, Barbara; Burda, Michael C. - 2000
specialization of production stages. While increased trade is likely to in-duce fragmentation when the number of firms is fixed, free …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009780202
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Fragmentation, globalization and labor markets
Burda, Michael C.; Dluhosch, Barbara - 2000
Fragmentation of the value-added-chain is modeled as the reaction of monopolistically competitive firms to the removal of barriers to trade and factor mobility in an integrated trading environment. Since fragmentation requires high-skilled labor, this form of globalization can induce labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781633
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The impact of foreclosure on housing prices
Siebert, Ralph - 2015
The aim of the study is to explain if the foreclosure effect on prices is explained by a lower quality of foreclosed houses, which is a crucial aspect in the intelligibility of foreclosures. Based on a novel and comprehensive dataset, we estimate the impact of foreclosure on home prices in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010477084
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The bazaar effect, unbundling of comparative advantage, and migration
Kohler, Wilhelm (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003496505
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Institutions, shared guilt, and moral transgression
Rothenhäusler, Dominik; Schweizer, Nikolaus; Szech, Nora - 2015
Many tasks can only be completed if several people contribute. Likewise, many institutions, e.g. voting rules, require the support of several people to implement specific decisions. In such situations, individual costs from supporting may decrease in the number of supporters. This holds true for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343048
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Geography, non-homotheticity, and industrialization : a quantitative analysis
Breinlich, Holger; Cuñat, Alejandro - 2012
We propose a quantitative framework for the analysis of industrialization in which specialization in manufacturing or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621748
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The division of labor and the market for organizations
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009763540
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Teaching and learning alternatives to a comparative advantage motivation for trade
Self, James K.; Becker, William E. - 2015 - Working draft: January 14, 2015
Introductory economics courses emphasize opportunity cost, comparative advantage and specialization to show the … benefits of trade. We assert that this emphasize leads to erroneous student mindset that trade requires specialization based on … comparative advantage. We test students who have been exposed to the typical textbook and classroom presentation of specialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010490275
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Transparency, specialization and FDI
Razin, Asaf; Tsadḳah, Efrayim - 2004
We develop a simple information-based model of FDI flows. On the one hand, the relative abundance of intangible capital in specialized industries in the source countries, which presumably generates expertise in screening investment projects in the host countries, enhances FDI flows. On the other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402538
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Does paternity leave promote gender equality within households?
González, Libertad; Zoabi, Hosny - 2021
reaching an agreement of specialization in which the wife specializes in raising kids (home production) while the husband works …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012669786