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Endogenous transport costs in international trade

Kleinert, Jörn; Spies, Julia - 2011

In this paper we claim that distance alone is a poor proxy for international transport costs in empirical studies. We model a manufacturing and a transport sector and let the level of manufacturing exports determine the demand for transport services. Above a particular trade level, transport...

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International sourcing, product complexity and intellectual property rights

Naghavi, Alireza; Spies, Julia; Toubal, Farid - 2011

In this paper, we propose the technological complexity of a product and the level of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) protection to be the co-determinants of the mode through which multinational firms purchase their goods. We study the choice between intra-firm trade and outsourcing given...

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Thomes, Tim Paul - 2010

This paper presents a theory of vertically interrelated markets of identical fixed size under implementation of …

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Procedurally fair provision of public projects: An axiomatic characterization

Güth, Werner; Kliemt, Hartmut - 2011

Unanimous voting as the fundamental procedural source of political legitimacy grants veto power to each individual. We present an axiomatic characterization of a class of bidding processes to spell out the underlying egalitarian values for collective projects of a productive state. At heart of...

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Extrinsic rewards and intrinsic motives: Standard and behavioral approaches to agency and labor markets

Rebitzer, James B.; Taylor, Lowell J. - 2010

Employers structure pay and employment relationships to mitigate agency problems. A large literature in economics documents how the resolution of these problems shapes personnel policies and labor markets. For the most part, the study of agency in employment relationships relies on highly...

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A post Keynesian perspective on the rise of Central Bank independence: A dubious success story in monetary economics

Bibow, Jörg - 2010

This paper critically assesses the rise of central bank independence (CBI) as an apparent success story in modern monetary economics. As to the observed rise in CBI since the late 1980s, we single out the role of peculiar German traditions in spreading CBI across continental Europe, while its...

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International trade theory and policy: A review of the literature

Sen, Sunanda - 2010

This paper provides a survey of the literature on trade theory, from the classical example of comparative advantage to … verifications and logical critiques. A useful supplement is provided in terms of Staffan Linder's theory of overlapping demand … trade theory, with strategic trade providing inputs to industrial policy. Issues relating to trade, growth, and development …

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A contribution to the theory of financial fragility and crisis

Bhaduri, Amit - 2010

debt-financed consumption boom supported by rising asset prices, leading to a credit crunch and fluctuations in the real …

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Financial markets

Bibow, Jörg - 2011

This paper provides a brief exposition of financial markets in Post Keynesian economics. Inspired by John Maynard Keynes's path-breaking insights into the role of liquidity and finance in monetary production economies Post Keynesian economics offers a refreshing alternative to mainstream...

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Robust estimation of linear fixed effects panel data models with an application to the exporter productivity premium

Verardi, Vincenzo; Wagner, Joachim - 2010

In empirical studies it often happens that some variables for some units are far away from the other observations in the sample. These extreme observations, or outliers, often have a large impact on the results of statistical analyses - conclusions based on a sample with and without these units...

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