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Trade in Unemployment
Carrère, Céline; Fugazza, Marco; Olarreaga, Marcelo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
continuum of goods to show that trade liberalization causes higher unemployment in countries with comparative advantage in … contradicting evidence in the empirical literature on the impact of trade on unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084120
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Market Access for Sale: Latin America's Lobbying for US Tariff Preferences
Kee, Hiau Looi; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Silva, Peri - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
This Paper assesses the foreign lobbying forces behind the tariff preferences that the United States grants to Latin American countries. The basic framework is one developed by Grossman and Helpman (1994) that is extended to explain the relationship between foreign lobbying and tariff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666749
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Tariff Evasion and Customs Corruption: Does PSI Help?
Anson, José; Cadot, Olivier; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
This Paper provides a new approach to the evaluation of pre-shipment inspection (PSI) programs as ways of improving tariff-revenue collection and reducing fraud when customs administrations are corrupt. We build a model highlighting the contribution of surveillance firms to the generation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005667042
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Trade, infrastructure, and development
Olarreaga, Marcelo - 2016
In this paper, the literature on trade and development is surveyed, especially that regarding the role of … complementarities associated with trade infrastructure. The empirical literature shows that, on average, trade causes growth, but the … investment in soft and hard infrastructure has an unambiguously positive impact on trade flows, the theoretical literature argues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688649
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Trade, infrastructure, and development
Olarreaga, Marcelo - 2016
In this paper, the literature on trade and development is surveyed, especially that regarding the role of … complementarities associated with trade infrastructure. The empirical literature shows that, on average, trade causes growth, but the … investment in soft and hard infrastructure has an unambiguously positive impact on trade flows, the theoretical literature argues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576841
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Information Diffusion in International Markets
Izquierdo, Alejandro; Morisset, Jacques; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
Information is costly to acquire in trade and financial markets, especially across international borders. Sellers and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067640
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Substitutability and protectionism: Latin America's trade policy and imports from China and India
Facchini, Giovanni; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Silva, Peri; … - 2007
This paper examines the trade policy response of Latin American governments to the rapid growth of China and India in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296272
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Substitutability and protectionism: Latin America's trade policy and imports from China and India
Facchini, Giovanni; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Silva, Peri; … - 2007
This paper examines the trade policy response of Latin American governments to the rapid growth of China and India in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264092
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Trade in Unemployment
Carrère, Céline; Fugazza, Marco; Olarreaga, Marcelo; … - 2014
continuum of goods to show that trade liberalization causes higher unemployment in countries with comparative advantage in … contradicting evidence in the empirical literature on the impact of trade on unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014000871
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Schadet Deutschlands Exportpolitik den Nachbarn?
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Janeba, Eckhard; Görg, Holger; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 63 (2010) 15, pp. 3-24
In den letzten Monaten stand das deutsche »Exportmodell« in der Kritik. Die deutschen Überschüsse seien mitverantwortlich für die Defizite der Nachbarländer und schaden den Handelspartnern. Ist diese Einschätzung gerechtfertigt? Für Gabriel Felbermayr, Universität Hohenheim, entbehren...
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