Using panel data for 57 countries over the period of 1995–2012, this paper investigates the impact of intellectual property rights (IPR) processes on productivity growth. The IPR processes are decomposed into three stages — innovation process, commercialization process, and protection...

Academic literature has theoretically discussed government strategy on regional trade agreements (RTAs) and has empirically identified some elements that play significant roles for that. The purpose of this study is to check the validity of these elements by means of a questionnaire survey of...

The relationship between competition policy and investment is empirically examined. Empirical findings suggest that increasing market competition has a positive and robust impact on the share of total investment in GDP per capita. Developing countries enjoy benefits from competition legislation...

This study examined the relationship between anti-dumping filings and macroeconomic indicators of a targeted country. Focus was placed on trade policy indicators using panel data drawn from 97 countries over the period 1995 to 2005. It was determined that the number of anti-dumping filings...

The analysis in this paper provides estimates of family welfare losses generated by wage and nonlabor income declines experienced across the Great Recession and by labor market constraints existing postrecession. Welfare losses are greater as families (both married and single) move up the income...

This analysis of March 1993 Current Population Survey data suggests that managers with working wives earn lower wages than their counterparts with non-working wives. The labor supply decisions of managers' wives appear to be unaffected by (that is, “exogenous†with respect to) their...

It would appear obvious that not all countries and industries are equally good business recruitment targets for the state’s economic development efforts. However, partly due to data limitations, little detailed research has been done to clarify how a state might direct its recruitment...

This report surveys the major programs and formal policies of the state of Georgia that may affect or influence international trade, particularly exports from the state. This is of interest because it is expected that exports will have a positive effect on the job base by increasing the quantity...

The paper examines the role unemployment insurance (UI) parameters play in transitional labor supply decisions of individuals searching for a job. This paper compares the impact of UI parameters to the impact of other demographic variables. It also compares the relative strength of the...

This analysis of March 1993 Current Population Survey data suggests that managers with working wives earn lower wages than their counter-parts with non-working wives. The labor supply decisions of managers' wives appear to be unaffected by (that is, "exogenous" with respect to) their husbands'...