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How You Export Matters : Export Mode, Learning and Productivity in China
Bai, Xue - 2015
/sunk costs of this option are higher. Our results suggest that had China not liberalized its direct trading rights when it joined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013022601
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Collective Reputation in Trade : Evidence from the Chinese Dairy Industry
Bai, Jie; Gazze, Ludovica; Wang, Yukun - 2022
noninspected firms. These findings highlight the importance of collective reputation in international trade and the challenges …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013323446
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War in Iraq Versus Containment
Davis, Steven J.; Murphy, Kevin M.; Topel, Robert H. - 2021
We consider three questions related to the choice between war in Iraq and a continuation of the pre-war containment policy. First, in terms of military resources, casualties and expenditures for humanitarian assistance and reconstruction, is war more or less costly for the United States than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013219222
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A Spatial Approach to Energy Economics
Moreno Cruz, Juan Bernardo - 2014
We develop a spatial model of energy exploitation where energy sources are differentiated by their geographic location and energy density. The spatial setting creates a scaling law that magnifies the importance of differences across energy sources. As a result, renewable sources twice as dense,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013064302
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Reducing Petroleum Consumption from Transportation
Knittel, Christopher R. - 2012
The United States consumed more petroleum-based liquid fuel per capita than any other OECD-high-income country - 30 percent more than the second-highest country (Canada) and 40 percent more than the third-highest (Luxemburg). This paper examines the main channels through which reductions in U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112835
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Productivity in the Transportation Sector
Gordon, Robert J. - 2007
This is a comprehensive study of measurement and substantive issues that arise in determining the rate of multi factor productivity (MFP) growth in the transportation industry over the postwar period, 1948-87. Official data on output and employment are provided by two government agencies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778843
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Does Pollution Drive Achievement? The Effect of Traffic Pollution on Academic Performance
Heissel, Jennifer - 2019
We examine the effect of school traffic pollution on student outcomes by leveraging variation in wind patterns for schools the same distance from major highways. We compare within-student achievement for students transitioning between schools near highways, where one school has had greater...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012893980
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What's Driving Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Transport Sector?
Choe, Derrick; Oettl, Alexander; Seamans, Robert - 2022
In this chapter we draw from existing literature and a range of statistics to describe economic, entrepreneurial and innovative activities in the transportation and warehousing sector of the U.S. economy. We suggest multiple avenues for future work, and argue for more research on the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013308125
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A Gains from Trade Perspective on Macroeconomic Fluctuations
Beaudry, Paul - 2011
Business cycles reflect changes over time in the amount of trade between individuals. In this paper we show that … incorporating explicitly intra-temporal gains from trade between individuals into a macroeconomic model can provide new insight into … "gains from trade" approach can easily explain why changes in perceptions about the future (including "news" about the future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121592
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Skill Acquisition, Credit Constraints, and Trade
Chesnokova, Tatyana - 2006
wealth. We use a two factor general equilibrium model and assume credit markets are absent. We explore the effects of trade … that developed countries need to ensure access to education when liberalizing trade to ensure they reap the potential gains … from trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779330