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characteristics of each unit. We implement panel data econometric techniques to characterize bilateral trade flows between … results provide clear evidence in favor of the traditional trade theory based on comparative advantage which suggests a …
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unit. Weimplement panel data econometric techniques to characterize bilateral trade flows betweenheterogeneous economies... …
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The expansion of regionalism has spawned an extensive theoretical literature analysing the effects of Free Trade … Agreements (FTAs) on trade flows. In this paper we focus on FTAs (also called European agreements) between the European Union (EU … effects on trade flows by treating the agreement variable as endogenous. Our theoretical framework is the gravity model, and …
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Due to ageing population and low birth rates, the European Union (EU) will need to import foreign labour in the next decades. In this context, the EU neighbouring countries (ENC) are the main countries of origin and transit of legal and illegal migration towards Europe. Their economic, cultural...
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) study the endogeneity of a currency union through the lens of international trade flows. Our study extends Frankel and Rose …
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The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories in developing countries? Using a parsimonious...
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-run, general-equilibrium neoclassical trade theory. As in other studies, we find that the export shock was localized both in terms …
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The literature on remittances is large and growing. However, its focus has mainly been on the effects of remittance inflows on the receiving economies. Little has been done on the sending economies. In this paper, we use data from Saudi Arabia, one of the top remitting countries in the world, to...
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We focus on the role that the transmission of information between a multilateral (the IMF) and a country has for the optimal design of conditional reforms. Our model predicts that when agency problems are especially severe, and/or IMF information is valuable, a centralized control is indeed...
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political strength of trade unions in promoting public social spending rather than from any direct effect on earnings …
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