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What drives US immigration policy? Evidence from congressional roll call votes
Facchini, Giovanni; Steinhardt, Max Friedrich - 2011
this paper is to systematically analyze the drivers of congressional voting behavior on immigration policy during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278553
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Industrial Agglomeration and Economic Development
Hafner, Kurt A. - 2004
The paper outlines a static equilibrium model, which analyses the economic development in a two-country case by considering interregional migration in R&D-sectors. The effects of migration and firm decisions on both industrial agglomeration and economic development will be shown: lock-in-effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296380
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Factor Mobility, Government Debt and the Decline in Public Investment
Heinemann, Friedrich - 2002
This paper tries to explain the declining level of public investment in OECD countries. The theoretical framework hints to the relevance of a number of demand and supply factors – ranging from the yield of public investment to institutions like the EU deficit limits. The econometric results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298102
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Sustainability and international trade in resources
Klepper, Gernot; Stähler, Frank - 1995
This paper discusses environmental policies which aim at a sustainable use of domestic resources which are mobile. It assumes that one country introduces such a policy but the other country does not. If a resource is mobile, strict domestic environmental policies may increase the resource...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261682
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International trade, factor mobility and the persistence of cultural-institutional diversity
Belloc, Marianna; Bowles, Samuel - 2009
Cultural and institutional differences among nations may result in differences in the ratios of marginal costs of goods in autarchy and thus be the basis of specialization and comparative advantage, as long as these differences are not eliminated by trade. We provide an evolutionary model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271869
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On the effects of factor mobility on local infrastructure policy and rent-seeking
Lorz, Jens Oliver - 1998
This paper deals with the influence of factor mobility on local infrastructure policy and rent-seeking activities of local interest groups. It employs a model where households differ with respect to their endowment with the immobile factor land. Local governments decide about the level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275509
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International trade, factor mobility and the persistence of cultural-institutional diversity
Belloc, Marianna; Bowles, Samuel - 2009
Cultural and institutional differences among nations may result in differences in the ratios of marginal costs of goods in autarchy and thus be the basis of specialization and comparative advantage, as long as these differences are not eliminated by trade. We provide an evolutionary model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287852
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Wer bezahlt Trumps Handelskrieg mit China?
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt - In: ifo Schnelldienst 71 (2018) 22, pp. 30-35
Seit dem 24. September erheben die USA Zölle auf chinesische Produkte im gegenwärtigen Wert von ungefähr 250 Mrd. US … im Durchschnitt über alle betroffenen Produkte in den USA um ca. 4,5% steigen, während die chinesischen Anbieter ihre … Verringerung der Importe um lediglich 37%; daher geht auch das bilaterale Handelsbilanzdefizit der USA mit China nur um ca. 17 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018017
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Handelskrieg und seine Folgen: Ist die WTO am Ende?
Braml, Martin; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Weiß, Wolfgang; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 71 (2018) 11, pp. 3-29
Die angekündigten und zum Teil eingeleiteten Maßnahmen der USA zum Schutz ihrer Wirtschaft, nicht zuletzt die … Einführung von Zusatzzöllen, haben fatale Folgen für das globale Handelssystem. Die USA sind auf dem Weg, die bisherigen Regeln … der Weltwirtschaft außer Kraft zu setzen und einen Handelskrieg zu beginnen. Zudem entziehen die USA faktisch der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011885939
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Constraining and supporting effects of the multilateral trading system on US unilateralism
Benavente, Daniela - 2010
The subject of this paper is Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 of the United States, a statute that for the past 35 years has allowed the U.S. to unilaterally handle its trade disputes. More specifically, the paper examines the constraining and supporting effects of the multilateral trading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316743