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Inequality and relative reliance on tariffs : theory and evidence
Katsimi, Margarita; Moutos, Thomas - 2005
country and the (developed) rest of the world. Despite labour being the only factor of production in this model, tariffs (in …-voter's preferred reliance on tariffs versus income taxes in order to effect the desired redistribution. Using data from 44 countries we …
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Trade Policy and the Household Distribution of Income
Francois, J.; Rojas-Romagosa, H. - 2004
We explore the relationship between import protection and the household distribution of income. We first develop a … general-equilibrium mapping from tariffs to household inequality measures. This also yields predictions for linkages between … tariffs, development level, and observed household inequality. Working with a new dataset, we then examine crosscountry …
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Has trade liberalisation in poor countries delivered the promises expected?
Pacheco-López, Penélope; Thirlwall, A. P. - 2009
The paper reviews the evidence of the impact of trade liberalisation on the economic performance of poor developing countries with respect to poverty reduction, the distribution of income within countries, the distribution of income between countries, trade and the balance of payments, and...
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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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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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Tariff Rates, Offshoring and Productivity: Evidence from German and Austrian Firm-Level Data
Hansen, Thorsten - 2010
This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization in terms of tarif cuts within the Eastern European enlargement on German and Austrian firm productivity. Unique matching of data from 1994 to 2003 suggests that tarif reductions raise parent firm productivity significantly. A ten percentage...
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Can R&D-Inducing Green Tariffs Replace International Environmental Regulations?
Naghavi, Alireza - 2006
This paper investigates the link between trade and environment by exploring the effects of green tariffs on the … location of firms, innovation and the environment. It shows that tariffs levied on polluting goods could result in less global … emissions from production, and reducing competition. Green tariffs reduce pollution by (1) shifting production to the region …
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Household Inequality, Welfare, and the Setting of Trade Policy
Francois, Joseph; Rojas-Romagosa, Hugo - 2004
-Ohlin and Ricardo-Viner frameworks. In addition, we can separate the efficiency and equity effects of tariffs on welfare. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325324