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Sorting it out : technical barriers to trade and industry productivity
Felbermayr, Gabriel (contributor);  … - 2008
economies of scale to sort out the rich interactions between TBT reform, input diversity, firm-level productivity, and aggregate … productivity. We calibrate the model for 14 industries in order to clarify the theoretical ambiguities. Overall, our results tend …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003636442
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A Survey on the Micro-Foundations of the Trade Gravity Equation
Candau, Fabien - 2011
The aim of this paper is to review the state of art regarding the theoretical foundations of gravity equations applied to trade flows. Micro-foundations of the supply side and of the demand side are presented such as new models where a) general equilibrium constraints are taken into account b)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124118
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Diffusion of technology and convergence of income among countries
Oz, Sumru - 2014 - Preliminary version; April 9, 2014
Theoretical models of growth reveal that either exogenous or endogenous, technology is the main driving force behind the long-run economic growth. Furthermore, in the endogenous growth framework, diffusion of technology is the basic mechanism of per capita income convergence among countries....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010251655
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Physical Macroeconomics : Part XI – Harmonization of the Global Economy
Bartenev, Victor - 2019
development of all living systems.Primarily, harmonious economic development means a balanced distribution of world GDP, which … of harmony. Perhaps the electromagnetic oscillations in the brain that reflect harmony of the surrounding world in an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012862379
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Public policies, innovation and convergence
Santos, Eleonora; Khan, Shahed - 2018
, we suggest that the convergence based on the productivity, can be assisted by a reinforcement of supply-side measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011953713
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Trading Costs and the Pattern of Trade in Pre-Industrial Europe
Kohn, Meir - 2001
The development of pre-industrial Europe was driven by the expansion of trade. This paper describes the patterns of trade and shows how they can be understood in terms of differences in trading costs. It discusses how the different levels of trade?from local to transoceanic-contributed, both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014138694
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Essays on offshoring, wage inequality and innovation
Benz, Sebastian - 2014
. The second chapter provides a theory of offshoring under imitation risk that explains optimal dynamic adjustments of firms … Faktorausstattung zweier Länder basiert. Das zweite Kapitel liefert eine Theorie zu Offshoring unter Imitationsrisiko. Diese Theorie …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011742945
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Trading Costs, the Expansion of Trade and Economic Growth in Pre-Industrial Europe
Kohn, Meir - 2001
In pre-industrial Europe, growth was driven by the expansion of trade, and the expansion of trade was driven by falling trading costs. This paper discusses the mechanisms linking these processes: profit-seeking behavior by merchants, changes in the organization of production, technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014138697
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Trade, governance and income convergence in the European Union : evidence on the "theory of relative backwardness"
Jena, Devasmita; Barua, Alokesh - In: Research in globalization 2 (2020), pp. 1-11
a unique and dominating feature in terms of its range and size in the world economic milieu. Obviously, the cementing … the world) and government expenditure in explaining per capita income convergence in the EU during the period of 1995 … study. Moreover, we are able to show that trade with the world and government expenditure enabled the relatively lower …
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Subnational income growth and international border effects
Adam, Hanna L.; Larch, Mario; Stadelmann, David - 2021
This paper analyses the effect of international borders and of trade agreements at international borders on subnational (i.e. regional) growth. We construct an extensive panel dataset covering 1,350 regions in 86 countries worldwide between 1950 and 2017. Our results show that international...
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