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This paper uses a duration analysis based on adoption data spanning over 25 years from six communities in the Central Highlands of Guatemala to explore how household characteristics and external trends play into both the adoption and diffusion processes of non-traditional exports among...
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National and multinational companies coexist in many sectors of all developed countries. However, economic models fail to reproduce this fact because of the assumption of symmetry between companies. To show that the symmetry assumption is the reason for this failure, a two-country general...
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There is a startling gap between, allegedly, globalization-induced changes in international competition for foreign … its relevance well before globalization became a hotly debated issue. …
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Trade in intermediate goods as one possible link between rising trade and foreign direct investment is examined. To explain growing intermediate goods trade, three hypotheses are brought forward: outsourcing, global sourcing and the increasing importance of MNE networks. These hypotheses are...
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that sectoral shocks are at the root of merger waves. Deregulation and globalization are identified as the shocks … DOME database which has been built up at the Kiel Institute of World Economics. On average, performance of merging and non …
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globalization on environmental, safety, and labor standards in the shipping industry. She finds that the economic advantages of … to exclude low-standard ships from the advantages of globalization. Open registries are pressured to raise their … requirements of international agreements. Globalization, DeSombre finds, may lead to a downward trend in regulatory standards but …
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Globalization is not a new phenomenon; nor is it irreversible. In Globalization and History, Kevin O'Rourke and Jeffrey … prior to 1914--the first great globalization boom. The book's originality lies in its application of the tools of open …-economy or single-sector models. The authors also keep a close eye on globalization debates of the 1990s, using history to inform …
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globalization of finance, corporate governance, and trade raises questions about national models of technology development and …
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This paper analyses the effects of globalization within and beyond nationstate. The globalization of the economy has … had considerable impact upon nation-states. Such a world economy destabilizes the nation-state, which in its modernist … form had responsibility for the well being of its national economy. The globalization of the economy has witnessed an …
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