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Advancing Global Trade: Pro Liberalisation and Development
Neary, Peter; Ainars S¡lesers; Krubasik, Edward G.; … - In: CESifo Forum 4 (2003) 2, pp. 52-67
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998656
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Revealed comparative advantages in the services trade of the United States, the European Union and Japan : what do they tell us?.
Langhammer, Rolf J. - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2004
The paper argues that measuring revealed comparative advantages (RCA) in international trade in services cannot be straightforwardly compared to RCA in trade in goods. The essential difference is that services are internationally exchanged not only by cross-border trade mainly subject to...
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The labor market effects of trade unions - Layard meets Melitz
Michaelis, Jochen; Pinto, Marco de - Institut für Arbeitsrecht und Arbeitsbeziehungen in … - 2014
Trade unions are typically able to convert their industrial power into political power. We show that, depending on the parameter constellation, stronger trade unions may be welfare-improving in terms of an increase in aggregate employment and output, if they successfully lobby for lower trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010751362
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The political economy linkage between trade liberalization and domestic environmental regulations
Lai, Yu-Bong - In: Public Choice 133 (2007) 1, pp. 57-72
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Resistance to Trade Liberalization in Unionized Sector
Kagitani, Koichi - In: Open Economies Review 14 (2003) 4, pp. 419-435
This paper studies the lobbying against trade liberalization by both a firm and a union in the same industry. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005715208
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Lobbying, innovation and protectionist cycles
Sánchez, Gabriel - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1998
so by focusing on the use of lobbying for protection by import competing firms as a means to postpone costly product …, it will be optimal to adjust quality and to decrease the lobbying effort at some time, leading to liberalization and … technological catch-up. But then the equilibrium tariff will again be small and "cheap", and it will pay to start lobbying anew …
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The labor market effects of trade unions Layard meets Melitz
Pinto, Marco de; Michaelis, Jochen - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2014
Trade unions are typically able to convert their industrial power into political power. We show that, depending on the parameter constellation, stronger trade unions may be welfare-improving in terms of an increase in aggregate employment and output, if they successfully lobby for lower trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010768974
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The Labour Market and the Job Miracle
Heckman, James J.; Agell, Jonas; Gertser, Florian; … - In: CESifo Forum 4 (2003) 2, pp. 29-48
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Tradable Permits
Ellerman, A. Denny; Johnstone, Nick; Schneider, Friedrich; … - In: CESifo Forum 4 (2003) 1, pp. 3-32
Tradable Permits – a Market-Based Allocation System for the Environment. Tradable Permits and Other Environmental Policy Instruments – Killing one Bird with two Stones. Tradable Permits – Ten Key Design Issues. Tradable Permits with Imperfect Monitoring. Emissions Trading with Greenhouse...
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The European Labour Markets - Aggregate Unemployment and Relative Wage Rigidities
Pierrard, Olivier; Sneessens, Henri - In: CESifo Forum 5 (2004) 1, pp. 19-23
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