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According to the pollution haven hypotheses differences in environmental regulation affect trade flows and plant location. Specifically, environmental stringency should decrease exports and increase imports of "dirty" goods. This paper estimates a gravity model to establish whether the...
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International trade, as a major factor of openness, has made an increasingly significant contribution to economic … growth. Chinese international trade has experienced rapid expansion together with its dramatic economic growth which has made … the country to target the world as its market. This research discusses the role of international trade in China's economic …
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We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" - China and Eastern Europe … effect on employment relationships. -- international trade ; import competition ; export opportunities ; local labor markets … ; employment ; China ; Eastern Europe ; Germany …
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This paper explores the geographic overlap of trade and technology shocks across local labor markets in the United States. Regional exposure to technological change, as measured by specialization in routine task-intensive production and clerical occupations, is largely uncorrelated with regional...
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Although the rest of the world had waited a long time for China to open up, feelings were mixed when it actually did and began to integrate rapidly with the world economy. With the country’s recent accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), many of its trading partners are increasingly...
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This paper contributes to the debate on the effects of trade versus technological change on wage differentials. We propose an explanation of the stylized facts which is based on interactions between openness and technological change because of labor market institutions and government...
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Using a data set of historical battles from 1600 to 1973, this paper analyzes the empirical determinants of tactical success in modern war. Based on a reduced form approach we consider key elements of military theory as factors in the production of combat success, formalized in a military...
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countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied … played by trade and FDI in determining employment. The empirical results obtained lend support to globalization having a …
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Although Europe in the aggregate is a not a major contributor to global current account imbalances, its trade and … external deficits and surpluses. We assess the macroeconomic impact on Europe of global current account adjustment under …
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globalization on the labor market outcomes of these workers. We find that higher foreign competition leads to more incentive …
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