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Outsourcing and Insourcing Jobs in the U.S. Economy: An Overview of Evidence Based on Foreign Investment Data
Jackson, James K.; Foreign Affairs, Defense - 2008
Foreign direct investment is sparking a national debate. Local communities compete for investment projects, while many of the residents of those communities fear losing their jobs to foreign outsourcing. Some opponents argue that such job losses have disproportionately negative impact on local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475015
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Determinants of Intra-Industry Trade in Intermediate Goods between the US and OECD Countries
Turkcan, Kemal - 2003
The increased importance of fragmentation in world trade has created an interest among trade economists to explain the … determinants of trade in intermediate goods. A substantial part of trade in intermediates between the US and OECD countries takes … the form of intra-industry (IIT). I have divided total intra-industry trade into its horizontal and vertical components …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009431174
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Global economic integration, technology diffusion and climate change
Michael Hübler - 2010
This thesis is a collection of research papers examining global economic integration, technology diffusion and climate change and their interactions and policy implications. Chapter 1 theoretically analyzes the effect of changes in regional production costs on the inter-regional allocation of...
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14.54 International Trade, Fall 2005
Lorenzoni, Guido - 2005
Introduction to the theory of international trade and finance with applications to current policy issues. From the ….e. international trade, and what determines the flow of savings and investments from one country to another, i.e. international finance … globalization, free trade agreements, the large current account deficits of the US, the prospects for exchange rates, and the calls …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432089
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14.452 Economic Growth, Fall 2008
Acemoglu, Daron - 2008
The basic machines of macroeconomics. Ramsey, Solow, Samuelson-Diamond, RBCs, ISLM, Mundell-Fleming, Fischer-Taylor. How they work, what shortcuts they take, and how they can be used. Half-term subject. From the course home page: Course Description This half semester class presents an...
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11.202 Gateway: Planning Economics, Fall 2002
Levy, Frank - 2002
to city planning students: location theory, the interplay between externalities and zoning, international trade and … Good and Externality Theory in Practice; Location Theory and the Economic Rationale of Cities; Globalization, Trade and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433233
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11.202 Gateway: Planning Economics, Fall 2004
Levy, Frank - 2004
trade and globalization, and housing finance. Few incoming students have had prior exposure to these topics.The first two …
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Technology Transfer, Reaching the Market for Geopressured-Geothermal Resources
Wys, J. Negus-de - 2006
Technology transfer to the industrial sector for geopressured-geothermal technology has included diverse strategies, with successes and obstacles or roadblocks. Numerical data are tabulated in terms of response to the various strategies. Strategy categories include the following: feasibility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435412
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The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments and the Great Lakes economy: Challenges and opportunities
Hanson, D.; Molburg, J.; Pandola, G.; Taxon, T.; Lurie, G. - 2008
This paper deals with the market for SO{sub 2} emission allowances over time and electric utility compliance choices. For currently high emitting plants ( 2.5 lb SO{sub 2}/MMBtu), the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) provide for about twice as many SO{sub 2} allowances to be issued per year...
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Susanville Geothermal Investigations, California, Supplemental Technical Data
2007
The city of Susanville, in response to an unemployment rate exceeding 20 percent and other related community needs, has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435442