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There are two views of the British Industrial Revolution in the literature today. The more traditional description, represented by the views of Ashton and Landes, sees the Industrial Revolution as a broad change in the British economy and society. This broad view of the Industrial Revolution has...
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This paper analyzes China's experience under U.S. apparel and textile quotas. It makes use of a unique new database that tracks U.S. trading partners' performance under the quota regimes established by the global Multifiber Arrangement (1974 to 1995) and subsequent Agreement on Textiles and...
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In this article we introduce an empirical framework to analyze how firm performance is affected by increased globalization. Using this framework we discuss recent work on measuring the impact of various shocks firms face in the global marketplace, such as reductions in trade costs (through...
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Following its opening to trade and foreign investment in the mid-1980s, Mexico's economic growth has been modest at … that the relation between openness and growth is not a simple one. Using standard trade theory, we find that Mexico has … continuing reforms, Chinese growth is likely to slow down sharply, perhaps leaving China at a level less than Mexico's real GDP …
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In 1997, the Mexican government reversed long-standing policies and allowed foreign banks to purchase Mexico's largest … the ownership structure of Mexico's banks. For instance, while in 1991 only one percent of bank assets in Mexico were … been as rapid or as far-reaching as in Mexico. In this work we examine some of the important implications of foreign bank …
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