This paper presents experimental tables created by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis comparing industry‐specific shares of the components of total output of globally engaged firms located in the United States that are part of a multinational enterprise (U.S. parents and U.S. affiliates)...

This paper investigates how reported interest rates affect intertemporal substitution, or the substitution between present and future consumption. This is important since it indicates whether financial assets play a role in smoothing consumption. Most research in this area has represented the...

This paper presents experimental tables created by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis comparing industry-specific shares of the components of total output of globally engaged firms located in the United States that are part of a multinational enterprise with those of firms that are part of an...

This paper examines the importance of taking into account standard errors when making inferences from econometric models prepared for antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard investigations. This is important since even a properly specified econometric model is only as useful as the...

This paper documents various extensions that have been made to the non-linear Armington partial equilibrium model used for modeling the impact of changes in border measures, particularly safeguard remedies and other changes in duties, quotas, and tariff-rate quotas. The extensions generally fall...

In this paper we estimate the impact of the 2004 U.S. tobacco quota buyout in both the U.S. and foreign tobacco markets. It is important to understand the impact of the buyout given the trend of decreasing demand for U.S. tobacco in domestic and international markets. While some empirical...

This paper investigates how workers' opportunity costs affect their entry into self employment in Vietnam. This is important since workers with high opportunity costs who enter self-employment only if motivated by high rewards will contribute a lot to productivity and economic growth, while...

This paper models linkages between upstream and downstream goods in the U.S. market for flat-rolled steel. These vertical linkages are important to account for when estimating the impact of trade restrictions on imports of flat rolled steel because some types of flat rolled steel are...