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) framework, this paper empirically examines the causal relations among growth, trade, and wage inequality in Bangladesh between …
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This paper considers the indirect impact the recent tariff increases between the US and China can have in third … calculate the impact of the tariff increases by both the US and China on cumulative tariffs for other countries and thus hurt … estimate that the tariffs impose additional burden of around 500 to 600 million US dollars on these two countries. China …
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Increasingly, a small number of low-wage countries such as China, India and Mexico are involved in incremental …
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Dual track liberalization, relying upon the continued enforcement of existing contracts and the simultaneous creation of a free market sector, represents a powerful mechanism in economic reform. If not anticipated, the reform implements an outcome that is both Pareto improving and efficiency...
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Host country governments often grant investment incentives to foreign firms locating in their territories. We show that such preferential treatment of foreign firms can facilitate transfer of foreign technology, induce entry by the local firm, and increase host country welfare. However, this...
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This paper analyzes welfare-state determinants of individual attitudes towards immigrants - within and across countries - and their interaction with labor-market drivers of preferences. We consider two different mechanisms through which a redistributive welfare system might adjust as a result of...
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This paper examines the interactive effect of distance and trade on international conflict and cooperation. The effect of geographic distance depends on trade, while the effect of trade varies with geographic distance. Trade reduces conflict to a greater extent when dyads are geographically...
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