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When Does Trade Hurt? Market, Transition and Developing Economies

Krishna, Kala - 2002

This paper argues that labor market distortions in transition and developing economies help explain differential impacts of trade liberalization. We assume that workers differ in ability. In a market economy their earnings depend on their ability. However, earnings are independent of ability due...

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The Land that Lean Manufacturing Forgot? Management Practices in Transition Countries

Bloom, Nicholas - 2011

We have conducted the first survey on management practices in transition countries. We found that Central Asian transition countries, such as Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, have on average very poor management practices. Their average scores are below emerging countries such as Brazil, China and...

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EU Accession and Foreign Owned Firms in Bulgaria

Feliciano, Zadia M. - 2016

Bulgaria signed the Europe Association Agreement (EAA) in 1995 and the European Union accession treaty in 2005 …. Accession had the effect of increasing FDI in Bulgaria. We analyze World Bank BEEPS firm level data for 2007 to better … understand characteristics and performance of foreign firms in Bulgaria. We estimate linear probability and logit models to …

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Does tariff liberalization increase wage inequality? : some empirical evidence

Milanovic, Branko - 2005

"The objective of the paper is to answer an often-asked question : if tariff rates are reduced, what will happen to wage inequality ? We consider two types of wage inequality : between occupations (skills premium), and between industries. We use two large data bases of wage inequality that have...

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Trade protection and industry wage structure in Poland

Goh, Chor-ching - 2005

"This study examines the impact of Poland's trade liberalization 1994-2001 on the industry wage structure. The liberalization was undertaken in preparation for Poland's accession to the European Union and was more pronounced in industries with larger shares of unskilled labor. Our analysis...

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State-Owned Enterprises, Shirking and Trade Liberalization

Ghosh, Madanmohan - 2000

We explore the implications of trade liberalization in economies with State Owned enterprises (SOEs) and shirking. SOEs are modelled as controlled by the members of the enterprise who determine output and effort levels, while facing output prices and wage rates set by government. Enterprise...

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Information and Globalization : Wage Co-Movements, Labor Demand Elasticity, and Conventional Trade Liberalization

Rauch, James E. - 2000

We model home country familiarity with business opportunities in a foreign country as a parameter in a matching process between domestic and foreign firms. We show that as familiarity increases the effect of relative national labor supplies on relative national wages declines, the elasticity of...

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Trade and the Rate of Income Convergence

Ben-David, Dan - 2000

To the extent that trade policy affects trade flows between countries, the ramifications can be far-reaching from an economic growth perspective. This paper examines one aspect of these ramifications, namely the impact of changes in the extent of trade between countries on changes in the rate of...

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Keiretsu and Relationship-Specific Investment : A Barrier to Trade?

Spencer, Barbara J. - 2000

This paper develops a model of informal procurement within Japanese keiretsu so as to consider effects on intermediate-good imports, such as auto parts. Parts-suppliers make relationship-specific investments that benefit the auto-maker and prices are determined by bargaining after investment has...

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Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in China : A Political Economy Approach

Branstetter, Lee G. - 1999

We view the political process in China as trading off the social benefits of increased trade and foreign direct investment, against the losses incurred by state-owned enterprises due to such liberalization. A model drawing on Grossman and Helpman (1994, 1996) is used to derive an empirically...

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