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Nationalism and Economic Exchange : Evidence from Shocks to Sino-Japanese Relations
Fisman, Raymond J. - 2014
relative declines during each event window; a symmetric effect is observed for Chinese companies with high Japanese exposure …. The effect on Japanese companies is more pronounced for those operating in industries dominated by Chinese state …-owned enterprises, while firms with high Chinese employment experience lower declines. These results emphasize the role of countries …
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Do International Labor Standards Contribute to the Persistence of the Child Labor Problem?
Doepke, Matthias - 2014
In recent years, a number of governments and consumer groups in rich countries have tried to discourage the use of child labor in poor countries through measures such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor standards. The purported objective of such measures is to reduce...
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Private Politics and Public Regulation
Egorov, Georgy - 2013
We develop a dynamic game to explore the interaction between regulation and private policies, such as self-regulation by firms and activism. Without a public regulator, the possibility of self-regulation is bad for the firm, but good for activists who are willing to maintain a costly boycott to...
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French Wine and the U.S. Boycott of 2003 : Does Politics Really Affect Commerce?
Ashenfelter, Orley - 2007
In early 2003, France actively tried to thwart the plans of the Bush administration to build international support for a war to depose Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein. In response, calls in the United States for a boycott of French products, wine in particular, rebounded through all forms of media....
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Consumer Boycotts : The Impact of the Iraq War on French Wine Sales in the U.S
Chavis, Larry W.; Leslie, Phillip - 2021
The French Opposition to the war in Iraq in early 2003, prompted calls for a boycott of French wine in the US. We measure the magnitude of consumers%u2019 participation in the boycott, and look at basic evidence of who participates. Conservative estimates indicate that the boycott resulted in...
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Advertising and Environmental Stewardship : Evidence from the BP Oil Spill
Barrage, Lint - 2014
This paper explores whether private markets can incentivize environmental stewardship. We examine the consumer response to the 2010 BP oil spill and test how BP's investment in the 2000-2008 “Beyond Petroleum” green advertising campaign affected this response. We find evidence consistent...
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Will Ad Blocking Break the Internet?
Shiller, Benjamin - 2017
Ad blockers allow Internet users to obtain information without generating ad revenue for site owners; and by 2016 they were used by roughly a quarter of site visitors. Given the ad-supported nature of much of the web, ad blocking poses a threat to site revenue and, if revenue losses undermine...
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The Contribution of Chinese FDI to Africa's Pre Crisis Growth Surge
Weisbrod, Aaron - 2011
significant Chinese FDI flows into these countries, accounting for up to 10% of total inward FDI flows for certain countries in … these years. We use growth accounting methods to assess what portion of this elevated growth can be attributed to Chinese … thirteen Sub-Saharan African countries excluding Chinese FDI inflows for 2005-2007 and also 2003-2009. Our individual results …
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The China Syndrome : Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States
Autor, David H. - 2012
We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on local U.S. labor markets … instrumenting for imports using changes in Chinese imports by industry to other high-income countries. Rising exposure increases …
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The China Shock : Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade
Autor, David H. - 2016
China's emergence as a great economic power has induced an epochal shift in patterns of world trade. Simultaneously, it has challenged much of the received empirical wisdom about how labor markets adjust to trade shocks. Alongside the heralded consumer benefits of expanded trade are substantial...
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