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We analyze some macroeconomic implications that follow from the fact that people tend to consume higher-quality goods as their incomes rise. The model involves two sectors: one producing a homogeneous good and the other producing a product with variable levels of quality. Both sectors use...
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export prices. We identify a theoretical mechanism behind these links, which suggests that a more unequal income distribution … leads to higher average prices. We test the theory using detailed data for Brazilian exporters and find that the destination … countries ́first and second moment of the income distribution are important determinants of export prices. Controlling for …
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We analyse optimal environmental policies in a market that is vertically differentiated in terms of the energy efficiency of products. Considering energy taxes, subsidies to firms for investment in more eco-friendly products, and product standards, we are particularly interested in how...
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discuss what standards are, how the process of standardization works, and how standards are related to induced innovation and …
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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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To examine how human capital accumulation influences both economic growth and income inequality, we carefully endogenize the demand and supply of skills. We explicitly introduce the costs and externalities in education, and examine how both relate to learning-by-doing and R&D intensity. In...
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improve the ability of firms in developing countries to break into export markets. A Northern firm with a superior process …
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country's export basket. The empirical analysis relates unit values of exports measured at the 4-digit SITC level to data on … help bridge gaps in production and marketing techniques between developing and high income economies. -- export quality …
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At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage p olicy in Germany are revisited in this study: skilled-biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....
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