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Working with a panel dataset of of OECD countries over the decade 1994-2004, we examine linkages between cross …
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The comparison of the key features of trade integration processes and the economic outcomes in China and India reveals … manufacturing trade, have gone further and that this is likely one of the key determinants of better economic performance of China …. Still, China's integration process so far remains characterized by a certain duality. On the one hand the opening up of …
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We analyze the effects of the increase in China's import competition on Mexican domestic and international migration …. We exploit the variation in exposure to competition from China, following its accession to the WTO in 2001, across …
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Following the 1978 economic reforms, China gradually became first amongst developing countries and the second in the … capital return and brisk economic development made China one of the best destinations for foreign capital; however, the …-income and poor economic performing provinces in China although poverty is mainly concentrated in the inland regions. Since the …
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During the last few decades cultural changes have been taking place in many countries due to migration. The degree to which the foreign culture influences the local culture, differs across countries. This paper shows how the willingness of locals and immigrants to intermarry influences the...
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A model is set up where migrants must choose a level of social traits and consumption of ethnic goods. As the consumption level of ethnic goods increases, the migrants become ever more different to the local population and are less assimilated. Less assimilation affects the reaction of the local...
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The gravity model has provided a tractable empirical framework to account for bilateral flows not only of manufactured goods, as in the case of merchandise trade, but also of financial flows. In particular, recent literature has emphasized the role of information costs in preventing larger...
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Using distance and time zone differences as a measure for coordination costs between service suppliers and consumers, we employ a Hausman- Taylor model for services trade by foreign affiliates. Given the need for proximity in the provision of services, factors like distance place a higher cost...
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The purpose of this paper is to empirically explore two dimensions of the firm hierarchy of international market-specific linkages using data for Swedish manufacturing firms over the 1997 to 2007 period. First, we investigate the productivity ordering with respect to importing, exporting and...
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In his seminal paper, starting from the premise that productivity is heterogeneous across firms, Melitz (2003) nicely accounts for the stylized fact that the level of individual productivity is key in determining the capability of a firm to export. In this paper we build a model along Melitz's...
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