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Firewood Collections and Economic Growth in Rural Nepal 1995-2010: Evidence from a Household Panel
Baland, Jean-Marie; Libois, Francois; Mookherjee, Dilip - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
A household panel data set is used to investigate the effects of economic growth on firewood collection in Nepal between 1995 and 2010. Results from preceding cross-sectional analyses are found to be robust: (a) rising consumptions for all but the top decile were associated with increased...
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Sources of Comparative Advantage in Polluting Industries
Broner, Fernando A; Bustos, Paula; Carvalho, Vasco M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
the country level with data on pollution intensity at the industry level to show that countries with laxer environmental …. We propose an instrument for environmental regulation based on meteorological determinants of pollution dispersion … identified by the atmospheric pollution literature. We find that the effect of environmental regulation on the pattern of trade …
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Centralization and Accountability: Theory and Evidence from the Clean Air Act
Boffa, Federico; Piolatto, Amedeo; Ponzetto, Giacomo AM - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
that less informed states enjoyed faster declines in pollution after the 1970 Clean Air Act centralized environmental …
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Sharing High Growth Across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China
Song, Zheng Michael; Storesletten, Kjetil; Wang, Yikai; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population …
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Economic Reforms and Industrial Policy in a Panel of Chinese Cities
Alder, Simon; Shao, Lin; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We estimate the effect on economic development of China's industrial policy, in particular, the establishment of …
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Growing like China
Song, Zheng Michael; Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This paper constructs a growth model that is consistent with salient features of the Chinese growth experience since 1992: high output growth, sustained returns on capital investments, extensive reallocation within the manufacturing sector, falling labor share and accumulation of a large foreign...
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Unionized Oligopoly, Trade Liberalization and Location Choice
Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Meland, Frode; Sørgard, Lars - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
In a two-country reciprocal-dumping model, with one country unionized, we analyse how wage setting and firm location are influenced by trade liberalization. We show that trade liberalization can induce a unionized firm to move all production abroad. This cannot prevail in a corresponding,...
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Does Distance Matter in Spillover?
Balázs, Muraközy; Halpern, László - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
This Paper examines the technology transfer through FDI in Hungary, using a large panel dataset of 24,000 firm-level observations. We distinguish horizontal (intra-industry) and vertical (inter-industry) spillovers. Besides the sign and magnitude of these effects we are interested in the spatial...
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On the Welfare Effects of Competition for Foreign Direct Investments
Fumagalli, Chiara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
This paper studies the effects of subsidy competition for the location of a multinational enterprise (MNE). We assume that a (poorer) region enjoys larger gains from the positive externalities associated with the inward investment but that the MNE would find it more profitable to locate to the...
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The Decision To Invest In A Low-Wage Country: Evidence From Italian Textiles And Clothing Multinationals
Barba Navaretti, Giorgio; Falzoni, Anna M; Turrini, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
In this paper we investigate the firm-specific factors that account for the decision to invest in low-wage countries on the part of Italian firms in the textiles and clothing sector. This analysis is motivated by the fact that our survey data show, between 1990 and 1997, a decline of average...
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