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labor regulation of partners because intraindustry trade was important. The New World exported less differentiated products …The received view pins the adoption of labor regulation before 1914 on domestic forces. Using directed dyad-year event …
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government spending can bolster support for globalization by reducing the risk associated with it in the minds of voters …
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The location of US multinational foreign R&D has shifted significantly to include emerging markets in addition to traditional Western R&D hubs, resulting in two challenges for multinationals: (1) how to transfer knowledge across geographic distances, and (2) how to facilitate learning when local...
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for American industry and workers: (1) The U.S. share of the world's science and engineering graduates is declining …
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traditionally left to competing provincial securities commissions. The current state of securities regulation renders impotent US … federal securities regulation models are weighted in light of the current state of their needed complementary institutions …. One option, for which Canada is relatively well prepared, is the British model of activist independent institutional …
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Terrorist attacks worldwide during the past several years have spurned an interest in understanding not only how governments can mitigate terrorism risk but also how governments might help finance future losses. This interest was buttressed by the seemingly failure of the private insurance...
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This paper investigates the rationale for government intervention in the market for terrorism insurance, focusing on the externalities associated with self-protection. Self-protection by one target encourages terrorists to substitute towards less fortified targets. Investments in self-...
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This paper analyzes the impact of rate regulation on the structure of insurance markets for private passenger … those states which impose the most stringent regulation. The analysis suggests that increased regulatory stringency lowers …
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This paper investigates the incentive effects of automobile insurance, compulsory insurance laws, and no-fault liability laws on driver behavior and traffic fatalities. We analyze a panel of 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia from 1970-1998, a period in which many states adopted...
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kinds of financial crises for four countries (Argentina, Australia, Canada, and the United States) over the long-run …
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