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International trade and financial integration: A weighted network analysis

Fagiolo, Giorgio; Reyes, Javier; Schiavo, Stefano - 2007

In this paper we compare the patterns of trade and financial integration by exploiting network analysis. Our results show that, by combining binary and weighted network analysis, it is possible to deliver more precise and thorough insights on the topological structure and properties of the...

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The evolution of the world trade web

Fagiolo, Giorgio; Reyes, Javier; Schiavo, Stefano - 2007

This paper employs a weighted network analysis to study the empirical properties of the world trade web and their evolution over time. We show that most countries are characterized by weak trade links; yet, there exists a group of countries featuring a large number of strong relationships, thus...

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Long-term effect of international trade on the gender wage and educational gaps

Yamamura, Eiji - 2016

This paper uses cross-country data to examine the long-term effect of trade openness on the gender gaps in wages, education, political empowerment and health. Key findings are: trade openness since 1970 reduced the gender gaps in wages and educational attainment as of 2011 but did not influence...

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Globalization & Regionalization in International Trade

Frunza, Ramona; Maha, Liviu George; Mursa, Claudiu Gabriel - In: CES Working Papers 1 (2009) 2, pp. 5-19

The concept of globalization refers to the growing interdependence of countries, resulting from the increasing … process are the international trade and the cross-border investment flows. Economic globalization has increased the … specialization of workers, while the companies compete in global markets. Even globalization has recently become a common topic in …

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Globalization, creative destruction, and labor share change: Evidence on the determinants and mechanism from longitudinal plant-level data

Maliranta, Mika; Böckerman, Petri - 2009

We examine the sources and micro-level mechanisms of the changes in the labor share of value added. We link the micro-level dynamics of the labor share change with that of productivity and wage growth. Using a useful variant of the decomposition method we make a distinction between the change in...

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The political economy of child labor

Maffei, Alessandro - 2005

The phenomenon of child labor is widespread in developing countries and emotionally discussed in the media and public. At present there is a well-developed and fast growing economic literature on child labor which covers the various aspects of child labor. In the first part of the thesis we give...

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Student Project: International Offset for Space - Offsets Enable Planetary Probe Technology Exchanges Internationally

Baklashov, Aleksey M.; Grady, J.; Papadopoulos, Periklis; … - 2008

Offset or industrial participation is a practice that is part of many large international transactions. In the event of a large international transaction involving the purchase of a product (e.g.: equipment or services), the company selling the product, is typically required to compensate the...

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A Co-integration Analysis Approach to European Union Integration: The Case of Acceding and Candidate Countries

ECSA-Austria: European Integration online Papers

This paper examines the long-term financial integration of second-round acceding and candidate countries?? with the European Union and the US stock markets during the Accession Process. The lowpair wise correlations between these markets imply portfolio diversification opportunities, yet...

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The Philippines in the Global Trading Environment: Looking Back and the Road Ahead

Austria, Myrna S. - 2002

The government has implemented substantial trade and investment policy reforms during the last two decades following a three-track approach involving unilateral, regional and multilateral modalities towards freer trade and investment. The reforms resulted to improvements in domestic resource...

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An Analysis of International Trade of Montenegro Using Statistics on the Operations of Transnational Corporations’ Affiliates

Živković, Olivera; Bjelić, Predrag - In: Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice 6 (2017) 1, pp. 145-163

Most of the international trade today takes place through transnational corporations that have changed its structure and directions of activity. The scope of international transactions that occur within transnational corporations is increasingly replacing the classical cross-border forms of...

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