This paper considers the possibility that economic liberalization, by which is meant a reduction in tariffs, quotas, capital controls, and other government distortions of international transactions, may reduce private savings rates. A two stage approach is used to analyze a panel data set...

This paper considers the possibility that economic liberalization, by which is meant a reduction in tariffs, quotas, capital controls, and other government distortions of international transactions, may reduce private saving rates. A two stage approach is used to analyze a panel data set...

This paper investigates capital market integration in the major Central European emerging economies by testing the covered and uncovered interest parity conditions vis-á-vis the U.S. dollar and the DM/euro. The results for the Central European economies since 1997 are contrasted against those...

This paper investigates capital market integration in the major Central European emerging economies by testing the covered and uncovered interest parity conditions vis-a-vis the U.S. dollar and the DM/euro. The results for the Central European economies since 1997 are contrasted against those of...

Transfer pricing regulations, which are designed to limit multinationals' profit shifting activities, have been tightened in recent years in the US. These new regulations have been enacted to increase the tax revenue collected from multinationals, in response to domestic political concerns that...

This paper develops a model of economic geography that examines how the distribution of economic activity may change as a country opens up to foreign trade. The distinctive features of the model are that transportation is costly between locations within a nation as well as between nations, and...

In the U.S., transfer-pricing regulations, which are designed to limit multinationals' profit shift activities, have been tightened in recent years. The new regulations have been enacted in response to concerns that foreign companies are not contributing adequate tax revenues. Against this...