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U.S. Robots and their Impacts in the Tropics : Evidence from Colombian Labor Markets
Kugler, Adriana D. - 2020
specifically focus in Colombia's labor market, and how the automation in the U.S. impacts Colombian workers by replacing exports … from Colombia for cheaper robot-made U.S. products. We use employer-employee matched data from the Colombian social … the U.S. are displacing workers in Colombia. We find that U.S. robots decrease employment and earnings for Colombian …
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A Search and Learning Model of Export Dynamics
Eaton, Jonathan; Eslava, Marcela; Jinkins, David; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
customs records of U.S. imports of manufactures from Colombia we replicate patterns of exporter maturation. A potentially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599390
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Bases, Bullets and Ballots : the Effect of U.S. Military Aid on Political Conflict in Colombia
Dube, Oeindrila - 2014
diverted to these very groups. We examine how U.S. military aid affects political violence in Colombia. We exploit the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458438
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Constitutions and Order : A Theory and Evidence from Colombia and the United States
Fergusson, Leopoldo; Mejia, Javier; Robinson, James A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
history of the US and Colombia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322888
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Teaching Locals New Tricks : Foreign Experts as a Channel of Knowledge Transfers
Markusen, James R. - 2007
"reinventing the wheel." We use fixed effects and nearest neighbour matching estimators on a panel of plant-level data for Colombia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465784
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Is Foreign Direct Investment a Channel of Knowledge Spillovers? Evidence from Japan's FDI in the United States
Branstetter, Lee - 2000
Recent empirical work has examined the extent to which international trade fosters international spillovers' of technological information. FDI is an alternate, potentially equally important channel for the mediation of such knowledge spillovers. I introduce a framework for measuring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470716
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The Effects of Bilateral Tax Treaties on U.S. FDI Activity
Blonigen, Bruce A. - 2000
The effects of bilateral tax treaties on FDI activity have been unexplored, despite significant ongoing activities by countries to negotiate and ratify these treaties. This paper estimates the impact of bilateral tax treaties using both U.S. inbound and outbound FDI over the period 1966-1992....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470807
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Outward FDI and Parent Exports and Employment : Japan, the United States, and Sweden
Lipsey, Robert E. - 2000
Within Japanese multinational firms, parent exports from Japan to a foreign region are positively related to production in that region by affiliates of that parent, given the parent's home production in Japan and the region's size and income level. This relationship is similar to that found for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471148
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Environmental Compliance Costs and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows to U.S. States
Keller, Wolfgang - 1999
This paper estimates the extent to which changing environmental standards have altered patterns of international investment. Our analysis goes beyond the existing literature in three ways. First, we avoid comparing regulations in different countries by using data on inward foreign direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471415
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Foreign Ownership and Wages in the United States, 1987 - 1992
Feliciano, Zadia - 1999
Foreign-owned establishments in the United States pay higher wages, on average, than domestically-owned establishments. Much of the difference is related to industry composition, but there are also differences within industries within states, 5-7 percent in manufacturing and 9-10 percent in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471884