Showing 51 - 60 of 96,613
Globalisation is associated with long periods of sustained economic growth and credit expansion, whereas major … recessions tend to lead to falling trade and protectionism. The sensitivity of trade to global economic conditions is not simply … driven by policy: rather, in a model of costly search, firms who are engaged in a searching process are very sensitive to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299558
Globalisation is associated with long periods of sustained economic growth and credit expansion, whereas major … recessions tend to lead to falling trade and protectionism. The sensitivity of trade to global economic conditions is not simply … driven by policy: rather, in a model of costly search, firms who are engaged in a searching process are very sensitive to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301325
Globalisation is associated with long periods of sustained economic growth and credit expansion, whereas major … recessions tend to lead to falling trade and protectionism. The sensitivity of trade to global economic conditions is not simply … driven by policy: rather, in a model of costly search, firms who are engaged in a searching process are very sensitive to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008561130
Globalisation is associated with long periods of sustained economic growth and credit expansion, whereas major … recessions tend to lead to falling trade and protectionism. The sensitivity of trade to global economic conditions is not simply … driven by policy: rather, in a model of costly search, firms who are engaged in a searching process are very sensitive to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534481
The paper analyses the impact of import penetration on firms’ profitability in 15 manufacturing industries in 10 euro area countries during 1995-2004, focusing on the role of emerging market economies. Our results indicate that import competition from emerging market economies has had an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604964
China has undergone remarkable economic growth spearheaded by industrialization. Chinese industry demands a wide variety of raw materials in increasing amounts in order to manufacture all kinds of products. Industrial demand exceeds domestic supply for several materials. Thus, China needs to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009381953
When they were discovered in 1999, the 16 vitamins cartels were probably the largest, most harmful, and harshest sanctioned international cartels of the late 20th century. Still today, the vitamins cartels are cited by antitrust authorities as the outstanding example of an enforcement action...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012725096
This paper is an excerpt of a comprehensive examination of the global bulk vitamins cartels of the 1990s. In terms of its precision and breadth of coverage, the quantitative information now available on vitamins surpasses that of almost any other modern cartel. For example, the internal records...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012727208
The amino-acid lysine cartel was a watershed even in antitrust enforcement. It was the first global price-fixing conspiracy to be convicted by U.S. or EU antitrust authorities in 40 years. This paper presents an updated narrative of the history of the global lysine cartel and the legal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044502
This paper presents an updated narrative of the history of the global lysine cartel and the legal consequences for its members in the United States. The story focuses especially upon the role of economists in calculating the size of overcharges and how the estimates can affect the decisions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216150