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Why U.S. immigration matters for the global advancement of science

Agarwal, Ruchir; Ganguli, Ina; Gaulé, Patrick; Smith, Geoff - 2021

-histories of International Math Olympiad (IMO) medalists, we show that migrants to the U.S. are up to six times more productive …

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Liberalization of Trade in Financial Services and Financial Sector Stability (Empirical Approach)

Kireyev, Alexei - 2002

The paper explores empirically the links between the WTO-driven liberalization of trade in financial services and the stability of national financial systems. Econometric testing of indicators intended to proxy financial sector stability-subdivided into exchange rate and banking sector...

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Trade Policy in Financial Services

McDonald, Bradley J. - 2000

agreements and initiatives on international financial architecture …

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Special Agricultural Safeguards : Virtual Benefits and Real Costs-Lessons for the Doha Round

Hallaert, Jean-Jacques - 2005

In the Doha Round, negotiators are discussing the elimination or continuation of the special agricultural safeguards introduced by the Uruguay Round as well as the creation of special safeguard mechanism for use by developing countries. This paper argues that, in violation of the spirit of the...

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Will the Doha Round Lead to Preference Erosion?

Romalis, John - 2006

This paper assesses the effects of reducing tariffs under the Doha Round on market access for developing countries. It shows that for many developing countries, actual preferential access is less generous than it appears because of low product coverage or complex rules of origin. Thus lowering...

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Investment Implications of Selected WTO Agreements and the Proposed Multilateral Agreementon Investment

Vocke, Matthias - 1997

treatment of investment in international law. Most contributions to the multilateral investment framework derive from the World … restrict their focus on investment to aspects related to international trade and often apply to selected sectors only. A … efficient international investment flows …

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Are remittances good for labor markets in LICs, MICs and fragile states? : evidence from cross-country data

Chami, Ralph; Ernst, Ekkehard; Fullenkamp, Connel; … - 2018

We present cross-country evidence on the impact of remittances on labor market outcomes. Remittances appear to have a strong impact on both labor supply and labor demand in recipient countries. These effects are highly significant and greater in size than those of foreign direct investment or...

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Global Aging and Fiscal Policy with International Labor Mobility : A Political Economy Perspective

Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2005

This paper uses an overlapping generations model with international labor mobility and a politically responsive fiscal … region benefits more from international labor mobility through the contribution of migrant workers as laborers, savers, and … voters. The developing region experiences significant growth in all specifications but benefits more under international …

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Exchange Rates and Wages in an Integrated World

Spilimbergo, Antonio - 2009

We analyze how the pass-through from exchange rate to domestic wages depends on the degree of integration between domestic and foreign labor markets. Using data from 66 countries over the period 1981–2005, we find that the elasticity of domestic wages to real exchange rate is 0.1 after a year...

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International Corporate Governance Spillovers : Evidence from Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions

Albuquerque, Rui - 2013

stronger shareholder protection and if the target’s industry is more competitive. We conclude that the international market for … corporate control promotes the adoption of better corporate governance practices around the world …

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