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Regional policy evaluation : interactive fixed effects and synthetic control
Gobillon, Laurent; Magnac, Thierry - 2014
In this paper, we investigate the use of interactive effect or linear factor models in regional policy evaluation. We contrast treatment effect estimates obtained by Bai (2009)'s least squares method with the popular difference in differences estimates as well as with estimates obtained using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434019
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Atlantic versus Pacific agreement in agri-food sectors : does the winner take it all?
Disdier, Anne-Célia; Emlinger, Charlotte; Fouré, Jean - 2015 - This version: July 27, 2015
Trade liberalization of the agri-food sector is a sensitive topic in both Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) discussions. Using a general equilibrium model, we assess the potential impact of these agreements. The US agri-food sectors would...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301002
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Trade linkages and the globalisation of inflation in Asia and the Pacific
Auer, Raphael A.; Mehrotra, Aaron N. - 2014
Some observers argue that increased real integration has led to greater co-movement of prices internationally. We examine the evidence for cross-border price spillovers among economies participating in the pan-Asian cross-border production networks. Starting with country-level data, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010347036
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Enterprise zones, poverty, and labor market outcomes : resolving conflicting evidence
Neumark, David; Young, Timothy - 2019
This paper revisits an important analysis of enterprise zones (EZs) by Ham, Swenson, Imrohoroğlu, and Song (2011), who report substantial poverty reductions from state and federal EZs, as well as improvements in other labor market outcomes. In our re-analysis, we find that a data error accounts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012050950
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On the optimal design of place-based policies : a structural evaluation of EU regional transfers
Blouri, Yashar; Ehrlich, Maximilian von - 2017
We quantify general equilibrium effects of place-based policies in a multi-region framework with mobility, trade and agglomeration economies. Using detailed data on EU transfers, we infer the local effects of different transfer types on productivity, income and transportation cost. Based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011752504
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Special economic zones and WTO compliance : evidence from the Dominican Republic
Defever, Fabrice; Reyes, José-Daniel; Riaño, Alejandro; … - 2017
Special economic zones (SEZ), one of the most important instruments of industrial policy used in developing countries, often impose export share requirements (ESR). That is, firms located in SEZ are required to export more than a certain share of their output to enjoy a wide array of incentives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011774918
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Lessons of the 1999 Abolition of intra-EU duty free sales for Eastern European EU candidates
Gebauer, Andrea; Nam, Chang-woon; Parsche, Rüdiger - 2002
At the end of June 1999 the intra-EU duty free shopping was abolished among the fifteen member nations. The opponents of this resolution argued that such a tax-free sales sector created jobs EU-wide and hardly reduced the value added and excise tax revenue of individual countries. In their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514091
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Do China and Russia undermine US sanctions? : evidence from DiD and event study estimation
Gutmann, Jerg; Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2022
panel difference-in-differences estimations and an event study design. Motivated by the claim that China and Russia … purposefully undermine US sanction efforts, we test whether target countries' trade with China and Russia increases under US trade … sanctions. We find no evidence for systematic sanction busting. Russia does not change its trade patterns with sanctioned …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013455721
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Cutting through the value chain : the long-run effects of decoupling the East from the West
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Mahlkow, Hendrik; Sandkamp, … - 2022
With ever-increasing political tensions between China and Russia on one side and the EU and the US on the other, it … to cooperate rather than turning away from each other. By imposing a trade war on Russia, the political West could …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013186412
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Has the Russian invasion of Ukraine reinforced anti-globalization sentiment in Austria?
Gutmann, Jerg; Pitlik, Hans; Fronaschütz, Andrea - 2022
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused disruptions in international trade and highlighted the dependency of small open economies in Europe on imports, especially of energy. These events may have changed Europeans' attitude towards globalization. We study two waves of representative...
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