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Unmeasured Investment and the Puzzling U.S. Boom in the 1990s
McGrattan, Ellen R. - 2015
The basic neoclassical growth model accounts well for the postwar cyclical behavior of the U.S. economy prior to the 1990s, provided that variations in population growth, depreciation rates, total factor productivity, and taxes are incorporated. For the 1990s, the model predicts a depressed...
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Dissecting Trade : Firms, Industries, and Export Destinations
Eaton, Jonathan; Kortum, Samuel S.; Kramarz, Francis - 2022
We examine entry across 113 national markets in 16 different industries using a comprehensive data set of French manufacturing firms. The data are unique in indicating how much each firm exports to each destination. Looking across all manufacturers: (1) Firms differ substantially in export...
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Foreign Entry into U.S. Manufacturing by Takeovers and the Creation of New Firms
Lipsey, Robert E.; Feliciano, Zadia - 2021
Using U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data for individual foreign acquisitions and new establishments in the U.S from 1988 to 1998, and aggregate data for 1980 to 1998, we find that acquisitions and establishments of new firms tend to occur in periods of high U.S. growth and take place mainly...
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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 …
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How Progressive is the U.S. Federal Tax System? A Historical and International Perspective
Piketty, Thomas - 2010
United Kingdom is similar to the US pattern. France had less progressive taxes than the US or UK in 1970 but has experienced …
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Pauvreté, Egalité, Mortalité : Mortality (In)Equality in France and the United States
Currie, Janet - 2018
We develop a method to compare levels and trends in inequality in mortality in the United States and France in a … similar framework. The comparison shows that while income inequality has increased in both the United States and France …, inequality in mortality in France remained remarkably low and stable. In the United States, inequality in mortality increased for …
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Comparing Productivity Growth : An Exploration of French and U.S. Industrial and Firm Data
Griliches, Zvi; Mairesse, Jacques - 2021
This paper compares and analyzes the growth of productivity in the manufacturing industries and firms in France and the …
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The Earnings of Linguistic Minorities : French in Canada and Spanish in the United States
Bloom, David E.; Grenier, Gilles - 2021
This paper measures and compares the relative earnings of French and English speakers in Canada, and of Spanish and English speakers in the U.S., in the 1970s and 1980s. In Canada, the earnings gap between French and English speakers narrowed over time, especially in Quebec. This decline appears...
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Firm Level Investment and R&D in France and the United States : A Comparison
Mulkay, Benoit; Hall, Bronwyn H.; Mairesse, Jacques - 2021
incorporates both output (sales or turnover) and cash flow as predictors for investment. Our focus is on two comparisons: France …
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The Taxation of Income from Capital : A Comparative Study of the U.S., U.K., Sweden and West Germany--Comparisons of Effective Tax Rates--
King, Mervyn; Fullerton, Don - 2021
This working paper presents Chapter 7 of a book to be published for the National Bureau of Economic Research by the University of Chicago Press. The point of the book is to compare taxes on income from capital in four countries,accounting for corporate, personal, and property taxes, and...
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