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This study examines the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in enabling Russia to grow and prosper economically. The study focuses on Russia's policy towards FDI, assessing how well it has worked through analysis of the data, and how it may be strengthened. The paper considers the roles and...
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This study analyses the effect of trade and migration on wages and labour market mobility. We estimate wage growth … in the reactions of white and blue-collar workers wages and mobility to trade and migration. In Austria exports have a …
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Traditional Trade models focus on aggregate and industry flows and usually ignore firm level factors. This paper …
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During the past decade the Gulf cooperation council countries have achieved a remarkably high degree of trade and … resources. Aspects of globalization, trade and financial integration, such as the dependence on oil, “Dutch disease”, regional …
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In this year's State of the Union Address, President Obama announced a National Export Initiative to double American exports over the next five years. He claimed that this could add two million jobs to the American economy. Could Tennessee actually double its exports over this period? And what...
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The carbon tax is a major instrument for curbing greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warning. Y et its adoption has been limited because of concerns over its effects on economic growth, income distribution, and international competitiveness. The paper shows that policymakers con minimize...
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to document the role of diaspora networks in enhancing cross-border flows of goods, capital, and knowledge, eventually contributing to efficient specialization, investment, and productivity growth in the migrants’ home-countries. Particular attention is...
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providing finance to other firms by granting trade credit to customers; and test some theories about the motives of small and … medium‐sized firms in extending such trade credit. Design/methodology/approach – The Generalised Method of Moments is applied … trade credit. Findings – The study finds that: firms with greater access to financial markets can serve as a credit channel …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present new empirical evidence on global trends in equity‐related transaction costs and trading volume, as well as to highlight recent research in international market microstructure. Design/methodology/approach – Estimates of brokerage...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the change in speed of dissemination of order flow information on stock volatility of return in 79 traded companies at the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange (CASE). Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the interaction of...
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