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The Taxing Deed of Globalization
Egger, Peter; Nigai, Sergey; Strecker, Nora - 2016
We examine the effects of globalization on the size and composition of tax revenues, worker-specific tax burdens, and effective average labor income tax rates using a unique international database on income tax calculators. We find that due to increasing mobility of firms and high-income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725459
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The taxing deed of globalization
Egger, Peter; Nigai, Sergey; Strecker, Nora Margot - 2016 - This draft: April 2016
We examine the effects of globalization on the size and composition of tax revenues, worker-specific tax burdens, and effective average labor income tax rates using a unique international database on income tax calculators. We find that due to increasing mobility of firms and high-income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011484335
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Do Chemical Reactors Hold the Solution for Global Economic Crises?
Shachmurove, Yochanan - 2012
What can economists learn from dynamic partial control of chemical reactors? Both chemical reactors and the economy involve many variables that are difficult to fully predict or control. Thus, this paper suggests the use of partial control, which involves indentifying only the key variables that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108381
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Migration, international trade and capital formation: Cause or effect?
Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; Grossmann, Volker; Kohler, … - 2012
In this paper, we provide an overview of the relationship between international migration and international trade as … well as capital movements. After taking a brief historical perspective, we first investigate migration flows between two … countries in a static, neoclassical context. We allow for a disaggregated view of migration that distinguishes between different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289941
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Chapter 18. Migration, International Trade, and Capital Formation : Cause or Effect?
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Grossmann, Volker; Kohler, Wilhelm - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 913-1025). 2015
In this chapter, we provide an overview of the relationship between international migration and international trade as … well as capital movements. We start out by identifying key issues through a brief comparison between modern migration and … the mass migration of the nineteenth century, followed by a review of insights that can be drawn from a general factor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025432
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Trade and Income -- Exploiting Time Series in Geography
Feyrer, James - 2009
Establishing a robust causal relationship between trade and income has been difficult. Frankel and Romer (1999) use geographic instruments to identify the causal effects of trade. Rodriguez and Rodrik (2000) show that these results are not robust to controlling for missing variables such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012718253
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The New Panama Canal in a Global Context (Presentation Slides)
Boschken, Herman L. - 2016
A presentation of the new Panama Canal (opening in 2016) in the context of global economic change, containerized shipping technologies and a worldwide multi-modal shipping system. Five determinants are identified to assess the prospects of Panamanian centrality in global shipping over the coming...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984695
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The Home Market Effect in International Arms Trade
Tocoian, Oana - 2016
I show that military spending contributes to international arms proliferation through a push effect: large demand encourages production growth in the domestic market if transport costs are non-negligible. Under increasing returns to scale, the country can then supply weapons on the global market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012994416
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Borders and Distance in Knowledge Spillovers : Dying over Time or Dying with Age? - Evidence from Patent Citations
Li, Yao Amber - 2015
This paper explores the effects of distance as well as subnational and national borders on international and intranational knowledge spillovers through patent citations across the 39 most patent-cited countries and 319 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) within the U.S. In contrast to previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014158287
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How the Dragon Captured the World Export Markets : Outsourcing and Foreign Investment Lead the Way
Adams, F. Gerard; Gangnes, Byron; Shachmurove, Yochanan - 2004
This paper explores several theories regarding how China has become highly successful in capturing world export markets. The paper concludes that increased competitiveness is dependant on, but not limited to several factors discussed in detail including, exchange rate undervaluation, low wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014068190