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improve a country's trade balance only if the sum of the absolute values of a country's import and export price elasticities … significant. The authors then conduct their own estimation of 29 countries' trade elasticities, over the past few decades. Design … previously-published statistical results to see if the sums of their elasticities are significantly greater than one. The authors …
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improve a country's trade balance only if the sum of the absolute values of a country's import and export price elasticities … significant. The authors then conduct their own estimation of 29 countries' trade elasticities, over the past few decades. Design … previously‐published statistical results to see if the sums of their elasticities are significantly greater than one. The authors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014863371
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain how eventual pressures from national lobbies may lead governments to shift from an optimal into a non-optimal innovation policy. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical model is developed in order to examine and explain the growth and...
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model to investigate in what conditions the measures of export promotion such as export subsidies and domestic currency …
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employment and local development. The issue considered in this paper is whether government subsidies have, in fact, resulted in …
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Following the Gulf War, international discussions took place about multilateral restraints on “destabilising arms transfers”. Given that the UK is one of the leading exporters of arms, any reduction in such exports would affect the UK economy. The UK government spends considerable sums...
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implement barriers that are often complicated and “disguised” in their effects. Instead of adopting direct export subsidies, for …
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Discusses the current system of higher education funding in the UK, and proposals for its reform. Possible reforms include methods whereby the direct burden of paying for tuition is shifted from government and towards students, which raises the question of how much of the total burden should be...
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This note sketches out the likely effects of a wage subsidy in a model of LDC which systematically incorporates an Informal sector. It is seen that the effects of a wage subsidy in this model differ considerably from those derived in the Harris-Todaro-type frameworks. Also, the ranking policies...
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Examines the impact of the sugar tariff-rate import quota programme on the United States economy. Uses a computable general equilibrium model composed of 14 producing sectors, 14 consuming sectors, six household categories classified by fincome, and a government. Examines the effects of...
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