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Globalization, Growth and Crises : The View from Latin America
Edwards, Sebastian - 2008
In this paper I analyze the role of openness and globalization in Latin America's economic development. The paper is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464617
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Globalization in Latin America Before 1940
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2003
globalization? Why was industrialization so weak? Why was inequality on the rise? This paper offers an answer to these questions. It … massive de-globalization during the decades of lost growth' between the 1820s and the 1870s. Next, it documents what happened … World War I, while it fell thereafter. The correlation between globalization and inequality is likely to have been causal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469011
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Populism and the Economics of Globalization
Rodrik, Dani - 2017
history and economic theory both provide ample grounds for anticipating that advanced stages of economic globalization would … different reactions are related to the relative salience of different types of globalization shocks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455123
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Globalization and Inequality in Latin America
Carneiro, Rafael Dix; Kovak, Brian K. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on … dimensions of inequality, and developing new methodologies to capture the many facets of globalization's relationship to … that focus on distinct aspects of globalization's relationship to inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322846
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A World Trading System for the Twenty-First Century
Staiger, Robert W. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
I explore whether the world trading system of the twentieth century can be adapted to address the challenges of the twenty-first. I first develop an understanding of how GATT functioned during the twentieth century, and which features of the economic environment were most important in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012585431
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Designing an International Economic Order : A Research Agenda
Bowen, Renee - 2020
The institutions that have sustained global economic cooperation for the past 75 years are under threat. Despite admonitions that global peace and prosperity are at risk, policymakers in important countries have ignored the rules of the multilateral order and moved down the path of unilateralism...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482134
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China and the Multilateral Trading System
Lawrence, Robert Z. - 2006
This paper reviews China's multilateral and preferential trade policies. It reviews the demanding terms of China's WTO accession, its current tariff and trade regime and its participation in the Doha Round negotiations and the institution's regular activities. The analysis concludes that China's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465902
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The Dollar in an Era of International Retrenchment
Chahrour, Ryan; Valchev, Rosen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Recent trends suggest the world economy may be tending towards an equilibrium with two distinct trading blocs, each internally integrated, but with significant isolation between the blocs. This paper uses a quantitative theory to explore how far this bifurcation would need to go to pose a threat...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322792
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Skills, exports, and the wages of five million Latin American workers
Brambilla, Irene - 2010
"The returns to schooling or the skill premium is a key parameter in various literatures, including globalization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394540
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Interest Rate Volatility and Contagion in Emerging Markets : Evidence from the 1990s
Edwards, Sebastian - 2000
In this paper we use high frequency interest rate data for a group of Latin American countries to analyze the behavior of volatility through time. We are particularly interested in understanding whether periods of high volatility spillover across countries. Our analysis relies both on univariate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470937