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Supplier Churn and Growth : A Micro-to-Macro Analysis
Baqaee, David; Burstein, Ariel T.; Duprez, Cédric; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We investigate the effects of input variety creation and destruction on both micro- and macroeconomic outcomes using detailed data from Belgium. We estimate that marginal costs rise by 0.6% for every 1% of suppliers lost. We show that this elasticity measures the area under the input demand...
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Economic Integration and the Transmission of Democracy
Magistretti, Giacomo; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
In this paper, we study if exposure to the institutions of trade partners changes individuals' attitudes towards democracy and favors the process of democratization. We combine survey data with country-level measures of democracy from 1960 to 2015, and exploit the improvement in air, relative to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210083
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Currency Areas, Labor Markets, and Regional Cyclical Sensitivity
Russ, Katheryn Niles; Shambaugh, Jay C.; Singh, Sanjay R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
In his papers during the lead up to the birth of the European Monetary Union, Obstfeld considered whether the countries forming the EMU were sufficiently similar to survive a single monetary policy--and more importantly, whether they had the capacity to adjust to asymmetric shocks given a single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337753
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Production, Trade, and Cross-Border Data Flows
Chang, Qing; Cong, Lin William; Liyong, Wang; Zhang, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We build a two-country general equilibrium model to analyze the effects of cross-border data flows and pre-existing development gaps in data economies on each country's production and international trade. Raw data as byproducts of consumption can be transformed into various types of working data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322803
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Borders and Growth
Spolaore, Enrico - 2002
This paper presents a framework to understand and measure the effects of political borders on economic growth and per capita income levels. We present a model providing a theoretical foundation to estimate empirically the effects of political borders on growth. In our model, political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469486
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Federalism with and without Political Centralization : China versus Russia
Blanchard, Olivier - 2000
In China, local governments have actively contributed to the growth of new firms. In Russia, local governments have … behavior of local governments in Russia. First, capture by old firms, leading local governments to protect them from … present in China, but not in Russia. Transition in China has taken place under the tight control of the communist party. As a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471154
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Was Stalin Necessary for Russia's Economic Development?
Cheremukhin, Anton - 2013
This paper studies structural transformation of Soviet Russia in 1928-1940 from an agrarian to an industrial economy … through the lens of a two-sector neoclassical growth model. We construct a large dataset that covers Soviet Russia during 1928 …-1940 and Tsarist Russia during 1885-1913. We use a two-sector growth model to compute sectoral TFPs as well as distortions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459235
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Does Finance Cause Growth? Evidence from the Origins of Banking in Russia
Berkowitz, Daniel - 2012
This paper examines the effect of banking on economic growth in modern Russia. To overcome simultaneity and selection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460520
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Social Structure and Development : A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A.; Hassan, Tarek A. - 2010
) by the Nazis during World War II and long-run economic and political outcomes within Russia. Cities that experienced the … it induced in the social structure, in particular the size of the middle class, across different regions of Russia …
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Spatial Competition, Strategic Entry Responses, and the North Dakota Railroad War of 1905
Syverson, Chad - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The North Dakota Railroad War of 1905, which pitted a potential entrant (the Soo Line) against an established monopolist incumbent (the Great Northern Railway), offers a lucid empirical example of strategic behavior, and in particular the potential for entry deterrence through product...
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