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IMPORTING JOBS AND EXPORTING FIRMS? ON THE WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT IMPLICATIONS OF ITALY’S TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FLOWS
Helg, Rodolfo; Faini, Riccardo; Falzoni, Anna M.; … - EconWPA - 2001
countries. We look at the labor market impact of trade and foreign direct investment in the case of Italy. Our empirical … framework allows for trade, technology and factor supply effects. We find that international trade did not contribute to Italy …’s labor market problems. Indeed, given that Italy holds quite a distinct pattern of trade specialization, compared to other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556434
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IMPORTING JOBS AND EXPORTING FIRMS? ON THE WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT IMPLICATIONS OF ITALY’S TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FLOWS
Faini, Riccardo; Falzoni, Anna M.; Galeotti, Marzio; … - EconWPA - 2001
countries. We look at the labor market impact of trade and foreign direct investment in the case of Italy. Our empirical … framework allows for trade, technology and factor supply effects. We find that international trade did not contribute to Italy …’s labor market problems. Indeed, given that Italy holds quite a distinct pattern of trade specialization, compared to other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556481
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Removing Tariffs on Goods Originating from Least Developed Countries
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2003
This paper was one input to the Australian Government’s decision to remove tariffs on imports from the least developed countries. The Commission’s analysis suggests that removing tariffs on imports from these countries could significantly boost imports from these countries, particularly of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119295
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Cultural Effects of Trade Liberalization
Suranovic, Steven M.; Winthrop, Robert - EconWPA - 2005
We incorporate culture into a standard trade model in two distinct ways. In the ¡°cultural affinity from work¡± model … due to cultural concerns can reduce the national benefits from trade liberalization. Complete movements to free trade will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556454
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What Drives Capital Flows? The Case of Cross-Border M&A Activity and Financial Deepening
Giovanni, Julian di; Contact: iber@haas.berkeley.edu - EconWPA - 2003
trade literature. Interestingly, financial variables and other institutional factors seem to play a significant role in M …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556441
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Pollution Haven or Hythe? New Evidence from Mexico
Waldkirch, Andreas; Gopinath, Munisamy - EconWPA - 2004
Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into developing countries have been increasing dramatically over the past decade. At the same time, there has been widespread concern that lax environmental standards are in part responsible for this surge. This paper revisits the pollution haven hypothesis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408016
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Environmental Technology Transfer in a FDI Regime A Developing Country Perspective
One, Author; Two, Author; Thirdone, U. - EconWPA - 2002
their share in trade and industrial production have risen steadily in India. Viewing this development, this paper primarily … production and international trade of identified pollution intensive industries in the country. Then it argues that, even if of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408033
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Environmental Technology Transfer in a FDI Regime: A Developing Country Perspective
Bhattacharya, Angshuman - EconWPA - 2002
their share in trade and industrial production have risen steadily in India. Viewing this development, this paper primarily … production and international trade of identified pollution intensive industries in the country. Then it argues that, even if of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408039
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PRODUCTIVITY SPILLOVERS FROM MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS: VULNERABILITY TO DEFICIENT ESTIMATION
Proenca, Isabel; Fontoura, Maria Paula; Crespo, Nuno - EconWPA - 2005
Evidence on productivity spillovers from FDI to domestic firms is ambiguous. Incorrect estimation procedures may be one of the sources for the contradictory results obtained in empirical studies on this subject. We observe that inadequacy of the estimation procedures leads to a severe...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062627
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Vertical FDI? A Host Country Perspective
Waldkirch, Andreas - EconWPA - 2004
Recent empirical studies of the determinants of multinational activity across countries have found overwhelming support for a horizontal rather than a vertical model of foreign direct investment (FDI). They all use U.S. or other developed country data. This paper, in contrast, uses a previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119290