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. The paper provides an overview of the new globalization trends in the world and in Israel, with emphasis on the role of …Post WWII globalization forces are facing headwinds in the form of global crises-the “The Great Recession” and the “The … Pandemic Recession”. Israel’s trade and financial globalization, however, is steadily rising. The pandemic-induced slump in …
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This paper surveys key developments in the theory of international migration and international trade, and provides a few stylized facts. International migration, in many important cases, such as cross-country differences in productivity, can be a complement to international flows of commodities....
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world, using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of …
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Unlike most cross-country growth analyses, we focus on turning points in growth performance. We look for instances of rapid acceleration in economic growth that are sustained for at least eight years and identify more than 80 such episodes since the 1950s. Growth accelerations tend to be...
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source-based tax schemes) is essential for the existence of an equilibrium in an integrated world economy …
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The paper analyzes three issues in international taxation: (a) How the opening of the economy to international capital movements affects the size and structure of the fiscal branch of government: (b) Optimal restrictions on capital exports in the face of capital flight; and (c) The structure of...
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and international trade in goods and securities.In our model, the world allocation of capital is governed, to some extent … world of certaint and may hinge on the identity of the factor which is used intensively in the industry with random …
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The paper provides a reconciliation of Lucas' paradox, based on fixed setup costs of new investments. With such costs, it does not pay a firm to make a small' investment, even though such an investment is called for by marginal productivity conditions. Using a sample of 45 developed and...
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By the end of 1991, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland have achieved a substantial degree of openness to foreign trade. In all three countries, trade is now de-monopolized and licensing and quotas playa very small role. Exchange controls have virtually disappeared for current-account...
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