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Immigration and outsourcing: a general equilibrium analysis
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Wall, Howard J. - 2005
This paper analyzes the issues of immigration and outsourcing in a general-equilibrium model of international factor mobility. In our model, legal immigration is controlled through a quota, while outsourcing is determined both by the firms (in response to market conditions) and through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267646
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Biofuel subsidies: an open-economy analysis
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Wall, … - 2009
We present a general equilibrium analysis of biofuel subsidies in an open-economy context. In the small-country case, when a Pigouvian tax on conventional fuels such as crude is in place, the optimal biofuel subsidy is zero. When the tax on crude is not available as a policy option, however, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271799
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The quality-complementarity hypothesis: theory and evidence from Colombia
Kugler, Maurice; Verhoogen, Eric A. - 2009
predicted and observed correlations between export status and input and output prices are similar to those for plant size. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277014
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Firm-Level Upgrading in Developing Countries
Verhoogen, Eric - 2021
In principle, firms in developing countries benefit from the fact that advanced technologies and products have already been developed in industrialized countries and can simply be adopted, a process often referred to as industrial upgrading. But for many firms this advantage remains elusive....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882434
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Biofuel Subsidies: An Open-Economy Analysis
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Wall, Howard J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We present a general equilibrium analysis of biofuel subsidies in an open-economy context. In the small-country case, when a Pigouvian tax on conventional fuels such as crude is in place, the optimal biofuel subsidy is zero. When the tax on crude is not available as a policy option, however, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497008
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The Quality-Complementarity Hypothesis: Theory and Evidence from Colombia
Kugler, Maurice; Verhoogen, Eric - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
predicted and observed correlations between export status and input and output prices are similar to those for plant size. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030891
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Immigration and Outsourcing: A General Equilibrium Analysis
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Wall, Howard J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper analyzes the issues of immigration and outsourcing in a general-equilibrium model of international factor mobility. In our model, legal immigration is controlled through a quota, while outsourcing is determined both by the firms (in response to market conditions) and through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566370
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Financial constraints and innovation: why poor countries don't catch up
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Schnitzer, Monika - 2010
of income and export intensity. We investigate theoretically and empirically how financial constraints affect a firm …'s innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm … export and hence to catch up to the technological frontiers. This negative effect is amplified as financial constraints force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269463
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Financial Constraints and Innovation: Why Poor Countries Don't Catch Up
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Schnitzer, Monika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
of income and export intensity. We investigate theoretically and empirically how financial constraints affect a firm …'s innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm … export and hence to catch up to the technological frontiers. This negative effect is amplified as financial constraints force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592859
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Trade Labor, Market Rigidities, and Government-Financed Technological Change
Koeniger, Winfried - 2001
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262449