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Financial Systems, Economic Growth, and Globalization
Rousseau, Peter L. - 2001
that the growth and increasing globalization of these economies might indeed have been 'finance-led.' …
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Globalization and Profitability of US Firms : The Role of Intangibles
Chintha, Bullipe R.; Jagannathan, Ravi; Sridhar, Sri S. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
China's admission into the WTO in 2001 heralded a new era of globalization, increasing both import competition in … during the post globalization period (2003-2019) increased by 11.5% of the corresponding pre-globalization period (1984 … contrast, following globalization, the average aggregate domestic profitability of US firms remained flat, and firms employed …
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An Index of Global Economic Policy Uncertainty
Davis, Steven J. - 2016
Building on Baker, Bloom and Davis (2016), I construct a monthly index of Global Economic Policy Uncertainty (GEPU) from January 1997. The GEPU Index is a GDP-weighted average of national EPU indices for 16 countries that account for two-thirds of global output. Each national EPU index reflects...
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Infant-Industry Protection Reconsidered : The Case of Informational Barriers to Entry
Grossman, Gene M. - 1987
In industries with imperfect consumer information, the lack of a reputation puts latecomers at a competitive disadvantage vis-a-vis established firms. We consider whether the existence of such informational barriers to entry provides a valid reason for temporarily protecting infant producers of...
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Does Globalization of the Scientific/Engineering Workforce Threaten U.S. Economic Leadership?
Freeman, Richard B. - 2005
(1) The U.S. share of the world's science and engineering graduates is declining rapidly as European and Asian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467223
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Knowledge Transfer Abroad : The Role of U.S. Inventors within Global R&D Networks
Branstetter, Lee - 2018
The location of US multinational foreign R&D has shifted significantly to include emerging markets in addition to traditional Western R&D hubs, resulting in two challenges for multinationals: (1) how to transfer knowledge across geographic distances, and (2) how to facilitate learning when local...
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Was It Stolper-Samuelson, Infant Industry or Something Else? World Trade Tariffs 1789-1938
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2003
reports a set of world tariff facts for the 150 years between 1789 and 1938 that have not been well appreciated. First, tariff … industrially-lagging Europe, and more steeply even in Asia. Furthermore, after world tariff rates rose between 1865 and 1900, they … world tariff facts come from two sources: Stolper-Samuelson -- scarce factors should lobby for protection when exposed to …
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Did Late Nineteenth Century U.S. Tariffs Promote Infant Industries? Evidence from the Tinplate Industry
Irwin, Dougas A. - 1998
This paper examines the role of late nineteenth century U.S. tariffs in promoting infant industries by focusing on the much heralded example of the tinplate industry. After earlier failures, the tinplate industry became established and flourished after receiving protection in the McKinley tariff...
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Global Innovation and Knowledge Diffusion
Lind, Nelson; Ramondo, Natalia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We develop a Ricardian model of trade in which countries innovate ideas that diffuse across the globe. In this model, the forces of innovation and diffusion combine to shape trade substitution patterns. Innovation makes a country technologically distinct, reducing their substitutability with...
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Globalization and innovation in emerging markets
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2008
Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their … between globalization and innovation does not differ across the manufacturing and service sectors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464166