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Can trade really hurt? An empirical follow-up on Samuelson's controversial paper
Bitzer, Jürgen; Görg, Holger; Schröder, Philipp J. H. - 2008
This paper investigates Samuelson's (JEP, 2004) argument that technical progress of the trade partner may hurt the home country. We illustrate this prospect in a simple Ricardian model for sitations with outward knowledge spillovers. Within this framework Samuelson's Act II effects may occur....
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The deepening China Brazil economic relationship
Whalley, John; Medianu, Dana - 2010
We document key features of the deepening economic relationship between Brazil and China. This is evident from sharply increased bilateral trade and foreign direct investment flows and also from enhanced cohesion of negotiating positions in international fora. Data presented show bilateral trade...
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The internationalization process of firms: From exports to FDI?
Conconi, Paola; Sapir, André; Zanardi, Maurizio - 2010
We describe a simple model in which domestic firms decide whether to serve a foreign market through exports or horizontal foreign direct investment (FDI). This choice involves a trade-off between the higher variable trade costs associated with exports and the higher fixed set-up costs associated...
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International specialization and the return to capital
Batista, Cátia; Potin, Jacques - 2010
How does factor accumulation affect the pattern of international specialization and returns to capital? We provide a new integrated treatment to this question using a panel of 44 developing and developed countries over the period 1976-2000. We confirm the Heckscher-Ohlin prediction that, with...
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Gender Discrimination and the International Division of Labour
Busse, Matthias; Spielmann, Christian - 2003
The paper empirically explores the international economic effects of gender discrimination, namely the linkages of gender inequality with comparative advantage (trade) and foreign direct investment flows. It discusses different forms and the extent of gender discrimination across countries and...
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Treaty Shopping beim Investorenschutz
Klodt, Henning; Lang, Stefanie - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 95 (2015) 7, pp. 482-486
Mit der öffentlichen Debatte um die Transatlantische Handels- und Investitionspartnerschaft (TTIP) ist der Investorenschutz auf der politischen Agenda weit nach oben gerückt. Strittig ist vor allem, ob solche Abkommen tatsächlich nötig sind, um das Vertrauen multinationaler Unternehmen in...
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Treaty Shopping beim Investorenschutz - eine Replik
Dullien, Sebastian - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 95 (2015) 8, pp. 569-570
Im Juliheft 2015 veröffentlichte der Wirtschaftsdienst einen Aufsatz von Henning Klodt und Stefanie Lang zum Treaty Shopping. Sebastian Dullien weist auf eine seiner Auffassung nach fehlerhafte Darstellung des bilateralen Investitionsschutzabkommens zwischen Deutschland und Pakistan aus dem...
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Treaty Shopping beim Investorenschutz - eine Erwiderung
Klodt, Henning; Lang, Stefanie - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 95 (2015) 8, pp. 570-571
Im Juliheft 2015 veröffentlichte der Wirtschaftsdienst einen Aufsatz von Henning Klodt und Stefanie Lang zum Treaty Shopping. Sebastian Dullien weist auf eine seiner Auffassung nach fehlerhafte Darstellung des bilateralen Investitionsschutzabkommens zwischen Deutschland und Pakistan aus dem...
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Financing for development: The gap between words and deeds since Monterrey
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2011
of donor generosity, aid effectiveness and new means of financing. However, the development orientation of world leaders …
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Need, merit, and politics in multilateral aid allocation: A district-level analysis of World Bank projects in India
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes; Sosa Andrés, Maximiliano - 2012
empirical research on aid allocation by employing Poisson estimations on the determinants of the World Bank's choice of project … locations at the district level in India. The evidence of needs-based location choices is very weak, even though World Bank … or district level. However, the World Bank prefers districts where foreign direct investors may benefit from projects …
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