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Post-Neoliberal Globalization : International Trade Rules for Global Prosperity
Guzman, Martín; Stiglitz, Joseph E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper analyzes frameworks for the design of the rules for international trading, assuming that it is possible to have some rule of law. In the Arrow-Debreu benchmark, where there is no economic power and political power is seemingly irrelevant, there is no need for trade agreements - free...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576561
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Globalization and Poverty
Harrison, Ann - 2006
This essay surveys the evidence on the linkages between globalization and poverty. I focus on two measures of … globalization: trade and international capital flows. Past researchers have argued that global economic integration should help the … evidence suggests that the poor are more likely to share in the gains from globalization when there are complementary policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466318
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Think Globally, Act Globally : Opportunities to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Glennerster, Rachel; Jayachandran, Seema - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are a global public good, which makes it efficient to act globally when addressing this challenge. We lay out several reasons that high-income countries seeking to mitigate climate change might have greater impact if they invest their resources in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322808
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Voluntary Emission Restraints in Developing Economies : The Role of Trade Policy
Caliendo, Lorenzo; Dolabella, Marcelo; Moreira, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We study the role of trade policy in one of the most pressing climate policy challenges that developing countries face: meeting voluntary emission restraints (VERs). To do so, we develop a general equilibrium trade model that extends Caliendo and Parro (2015) in three dimensions. First, we model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544737
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Foreign Technology Adoption as a Flying Propeller
Hu, Yunfang; Kunieda, Takuma; Nishimura, Kazuo; Wang, Ping - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We construct a dynamic general equilibrium model of foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign technology adoption, incorporating adoption barriers, international technology spillover, and relative price advantages. A higher FDI conversion efficacy, a lower adoption barrier, or a stronger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250176
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Surfing the Waves of Globalization : Asia and Financial Globalization in the Context of the Trilemma
Aizenman, Joshua - 2010
Using the "trilemma indexes" developed by Aizenman et al. (2008) that measure the extent of achievement in each of the three policy goals in the trilemma--monetary independence, exchange rate stability, and financial openness--we examine how policy configurations affect macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462774
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Risk, Government and Globalization : International Survey Evidence
Mayda, Anna Maria - 2007
government spending can bolster support for globalization by reducing the risk associated with it in the minds of voters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465617
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On Measuring Global Poverty
Ravallion, Martin - 2019
The paper critically assesses prevailing measures of global poverty. A welfarist interpretation of global poverty lines … falling incidence of poverty globally over the last 30 years. This is mainly due to lower absolute poverty counts in the … standard. The vast bulk of poverty, both absolute and relative, is now found in the developing world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480155
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Globalization and Complementary Policies : Poverty Impacts in Rural Zambia
Balat, Jorge F. - 2005
In this paper, we have two main objectives: to investigate the links between globalization and poverty observed in … Zambia during the 1990s, and to explore the poverty impacts of non-traditional export growth. We look at consumption and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467510
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Why are the Critics so Convinced that Globalization is Bad for the Poor?
Aisbett, Emma - 2005
Proponents of globalization often conclude that its critics are ignorant or self-motivated. In doing so, they have … missed a valuable opportunity to discover both how best to communicate the benefits of globalization, and how to improve on … the current model of globalization. This paper examines the values, beliefs and facts that lead critics to the view that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467621