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Nationalism and Economic Exchange : Evidence from Shocks to Sino-Japanese Relations
Fisman, Raymond J. - 2014
reaction to adverse shocks to Sino-Japanese relations in 2005 and 2010. Japanese companies with high China exposure suffer …
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The Fiscal Burden of Korean Reunification : A Generational Accounting Approach
Auerbach, Alan J.; Chun, Young-Jun; Yoo, Ilho - 2021
This paper uses Generational Accounting to assess the fiscal impacts of Korean reunification. Our findings suggest that early reunification will result in a large increase in the fiscal burden for most current and future generations of South Koreans. The Korean reunification's fiscal impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013212374
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Coups, Corporations, and Classified Information
Dube, Arindrajit - 2011
We estimate the impact of coups and top-secret coup authorizations on asset prices of partially nationalized multinational companies that stood to benefit from US-backed coups. Stock returns of highly exposed firms reacted to coup authorizations classified as top-secret. The average cumulative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127017
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The Foreign Service and Foreign Trade : Embassies as Export Promotion
Rose, Andrew Kenan - 2021
As communication costs fall, foreign embassies and consulates have lost much of their role in decision-making and information-gathering. Accordingly, foreign services are increasingly marketing themselves as agents of export promotion. I investigate whether exports are in fact systematically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013228648
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Long-Term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations
Spolaore, Enrico - 2012
We document an empirical relationship between the cross-country adoption of technologies and the degree of long-term historical relatedness between human populations. Historical relatedness is measured using genetic distance, a measure of the time since two populations' last common ancestors. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013114316
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Commercial Imperialism? Political Influence and Trade During the Cold War
Berger, Daniel - 2010
We exploit the recent declassification of CIA documents and examine whether there is evidence of US power being used to influence countries' decisions regarding international trade. We measure US influence using a newly constructed annual panel of CIA interventions aimed at installing and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143469
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When Fast Growing Economies Slow Down : International Evidence and Implications for China
Eichengreen, Barry - 2011
, a level that China should achieve by or soon after 2015. Among our more provocative findings is that growth slowdowns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127765
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The Promise of Beijing : Evaluating the Impact of the 2008 Olympic Games on Air Quality
Chen, Yuyu - 2011
To prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games, China adopted a number of radical measures to improve air quality. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127978
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Firm Exports and Multinational Activity Under Credit Constraints
Manova, Kalina - 2011
sectoral pattern of multinational activity. Using detailed customs data from China, we show that foreign affiliates and joint …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127980
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Monetary and Fiscal Stimuli, Ownership Structure, and China's Housing Market
Deng, Yongheng - 2011
, China's stimulus boosted real GDP growth from an annualized 6.2% in the first quarter of 2009 trough to 11.9% in the first … speed and efficacy of China's stimulus derives from state control over its banking system and corporate sector. Beijing …, fueling a real estate bubble; and that China's seemingly highly effective macroeconomic stimulus package may well have induced …
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