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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015
paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending … consequences of the slave trade on the "receiving" countries in the Americas. Here I distinguish between the case of Latin America …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283184
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Marketmaking middlemen
Gautier, Pieter; Hu, Bo; Watanabe, Makoto - 2016
other is a market-making mode where an intermediary offers a platform for buyers and sellers to trade with each other. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526728
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Equilibrium allele distribution in trading populations
Saint-Paul, Gilles (contributor) - 2006
. -- trade ; genotypes ; natural selection ; gene-culture coevolution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003297701
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Optimizing incentive plan design : a case study
Levenson, Alec Robert; Zoghi, Cindy; Gibbs, Michael; … - 2011
We study effects of a firm's attempt to optimize an existing incentive scheme to increase sales growth for direct store delivery workers. Before optimization workers reported Ratchet Effects that lowered productivity. The altered incentive plan offered higher compensation for increased sales...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422194
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Religion in economic history: a survey
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020
This chapter surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms -Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and on the period up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239065
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Exporting and labor demand : micro-level evidence from Germany
Lichter, Andreas; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2013
international trade increasing competition and therefore the price elasticity of product demand, exporters are predicted to have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771744
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The impact of globalization and technology transfer on manufacturing employment and skills in Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2013
played by trade and FDI in determining employment. The empirical results obtained lend support to globalization having a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010226717
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The real exchange rate and external competitiveness in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
Brixiova, Zuzana; Égert, Balázs; Hadj Amor, Thouraya - 2013
misalignments. Intra-regional trade - both with North Africa and the rest of the continent - together with greater orientation to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010227730
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Migration and globalization : what's in it for developing countries?
Rapoport, Hillel - 2016
This paper reviews a growing literature on migration and globalization, focusing on its relevance for developing and emerging economies. It documents the role of diaspora networks in enhancing cross-border flows of goods, capital, and knowledge, eventually contributing to efficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518125
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Financial development, environmental quality, trade and economic growth : what causes what in MENA countries
Omri, Anis; Daly, Saida; Rault, Christophe; Chaibi, Anissa - 2015
This paper examines the relationship between financial development, CO2 emissions, trade and economic growth using … is evidence of bidirectional causality between CO2 emissions and economic growth. Economic growth and trade openness are … interrelated i.e. bidirectional causality. Feedback hypothesis is validated between trade openness and financial development …
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