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Martin, Philippe; Mayer, Thierry; Thoenig, Mathias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This paper analyses theoretically and empirically the relationship between trade and war. We show that the intuition that trade promotes peace is only partially true even in a model where trade is beneficial to all, war reduces trade and leaders take into account the costs of war. When war can...

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Globalization, technical change and the skill premium: magnification effects from human - capital investments

Meckl, Jurgen; Weigert, Benjamin - In: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development 12 (2003) 4, pp. 319-336

This paper shows that endogenous adjustments in the composition of labour supplies magnify the effects of changes in commodity prices on the measured skill premium under quite plausible conditions. These composition effects arise from decisions of individuals with heterogeneous inherent...

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Economic structure, trade and regions

HELMSING, A.H.J. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1984

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Epistemological struggle and international organizing : applying the experience of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation

POLLACK, A. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1999

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International labour's Y2K problem : a debate, a discussion and a dialogue : (a contribution to the ILO/ICFTU Conference on Organised Labour in the 21st Century)

WATERMAN, P. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1999

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Toward Globalization of the Forest Products Industry: Some Trends

Bael, David; Sedjo, Roger A. - 2006

participate fully in globalization. The forest industry has undergone profound changes in recent years in large part by new …. Today, globalization allows investments, capital flows, and emerging technologies to move easily into regions where they are …. Thus, offshore outsourcing is closely associated with globalization. The easy flow of productive factors results in the …

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Modelling the risks faced by Indian construction companies assessing international projects

Jha, Kumar Neeraj; Devaya, M. N. - In: Construction Management and Economics 26 (2008) 4, pp. 337-348

There are just two Indian construction companies in the ENR 'Top 225 Global Contractors 2006' list and Indian construction companies have only a 0.05% market share of the $3-4 trillion global construction business. International construction experience in India is limited, but enormous scope for...

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Is Trade Liberalization an Important Cause of Increasing U.S. Wage Inequality? The Interaction of Theory and Policy

Davis, John - In: Review of Social Economy 57 (1999) 4, pp. 488-506

The majority of mainstream economists believe that globalization and trade liberalization have had a minor role in … consequences of globalization and trade liberalization than is available in traditional comparative advantage efficiency reasoning …

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Lauding the Leisure Class: Symbolic Content and Conspicuous Consumption

Shipman, Alan - In: Review of Social Economy 62 (2004) 3, pp. 277-289

Symbolic consumption is assessed as an evolution of previously identified conspicuous consumption, after this has undergone a “de-materialization” that is socially, as much as ecologically, driven. As Veblen observed, the shift of wealth towards new forms of physical and financial capital...

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Growth, crisis and change in the insurance industry: a retrospect

Pearson, Robin - In: Accounting History Review 12 (2002) 3, pp. 487-504

mega-corporations; and by the accelerating globalization of the industry. This article surveys recent research on insurance … organizational change, and the globalization of insurance and its relationship to economic growth. …

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