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Comparative Advantage and the Cross-Section of Business Cycles

Kraay, Aart; Ventura, Jaume - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

Business cycles are both less volatile and more synchronized with the world cycle in rich countries than in poor ones. We develop two alternative explanations based on the idea that comparative advantage causes rich countries to specialize in industries that use new technologies operated by...

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Thoughts on American Manufacturing Decline and Revitalization

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2003

The recent decline in American manufacturing probably reflects long-run problems. A sensible approach to revitalizing American manufacturing would focus on overcoming inefficiencies in the development of manufacturing, such as problems in small- and medium-sized manufacturers getting information...

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Information Technology, Organizational Form, and Transition to the Market

Earle, John S.; Pagano, Ugo; Lesi, Maria - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002

The paper reviews theories of information technology adoption and organizational form and applies them to an empirical …. We argue that these economies have gone through two major structural changes-one concerning new technology and another … other. We test the impact of firm size, integration, and ownership on the extent of new information technology adoption …

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SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF COMBRAINS

DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2005

of the Combrain will be to identify,plan&derive implementation methods for Basic Needs;Domestic Investment,Savings,Technology …

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Architectures of Control in Consumer Product Design

Lockton, Daniel - EconWPA - 2005

The idea of architectures of control is introduced through examples ranging from urban planning to digital rights management, and the intentions behind their use in consumer products are examined, with reference to case studies of printer cartridges and proposed ‘optimum lifetime products.’...

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Cheap Food Policy: Fact or Rhetoric

Miller, James; Coble, Keith - EconWPA - 2005

The term “cheap food policy” has frequently been used as a descriptor for U.S. commodity programs by those who contend these payments to farmers ultimately result in lower food costs for consumers. More recently, farm policy has been criticized for contributing to the obesity problem in the...

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SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT : MATHEMATICAL MODELS BY DR.VSRS

DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2005

Intangible aspects and tuned to it. A Geometric model linking the Domestic Savings with investments and Domestic Technology with …

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The rural economy in a new century

Johnson, Thomas G. - In: Proceedings – Rural and Agricultural Conferences (2000) Oct, pp. 7-20

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Measuring the rate of technological progress in structures

Gort, Michael; Greenwood, Jeremy; Rupert, Peter - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland - 1998

An effort to measure technological progress in structures by using panel data on the age and rents of buildings in a vintage capital model, where buildings are replaced at some chosen periodicity. It finds that there has been significant technological advance in structures, which accounts for a...

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Technology and growth: an overview

Fuhrer, Jeffrey C.; Little, Jane Sneddon - In: New England Economic Review (1996) Nov, pp. 3-25

, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston devoted its fortieth economic conference, held in June 1996, to Technology and Growth …

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