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for textiles trade. The benefits from freer trade in textiles and clothing shed light on other sectors that are still …
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endogenous firm entry, firm-level productivity, and sectoral employment shares. We find that observed measures of misallocation …
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We consider a tractable model of heterogeneous production units that features endogenous entry and productivity … standard factor misallocation framework, policy distortions featuring a positive productivity elasticity of distortions imply … larger reductions in output through smaller investments in establishment productivity. A calibrated version of the model …
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Why is agricultural productivity so low in poor countries relative to the rest of the world? Is it due to geography or … constrained economic choices? We assess the quantitative role of geography and land quality for agricultural productivity … geographic regions, we find that low agricultural productivity in poor countries is not due to poor land endowments. If countries …
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The 2008 financial crisis did not precipitate global retaliatory trade intervention, in seeming contrast to the Great Depression in 1930s. This paper discusses the influence of model structure in optimal tariff (OT) calculations in explaining this puzzle. We emphasize how earlier literature...
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This paper presents both analytics and numerical simulation results relevant to proposals for carbon motivated regional trade agreements summarized in Dong amp; Whalley(2008). Unlike traditional regional trade agreements, by lowing tariffs on participant's low carbon emission goods and setting...
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