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The Child Adoption Marketplace: Parental Preferences and Adoption Outcomes

Skidmore, Mark; Anderson, Gary; Eiswerth, Mark - CESifo - 2011

In the United States child adoption costs vary considerably, ranging from no out-of-pocket expense to $50,000 or more. What are the causes for the variability in adoption expenses? We administered a survey to a sample of Michigan adoptive families to link adoptive parent characteristics, child...

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The Choice of Environmental Policy Instruments: Energy Efficiency and Redistribution

Haupt, Alexander; Stadejek, Magdalena - CESifo - 2010

strict product standard and in addition implements a moderate subsidy to firms, but avoids energy taxes. …

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China's Pure Exporter Subsidies

Defever, Fabrice; Riaño, Alejandro - CESifo - 2012

heterogeneous-firm model in which firms exporting all their output receive an ad-valorem sales subsidy. Using microdata on … of our model. Embedding a pure-exporter subsidy in a two-country general equilibrium environment, we show that this … instrument is worse from a welfare standpoint than a standard export subsidy, partly because it increases protection of the …

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Gone for Good? Subsidies with Export Share Requirements in China: 2002-2013

Defever, Fabrice; Riaño, Alejandro - CESifo - 2014

6.9% reduction in the ad-valorem subsidy rate available to firms that export all their output is consistent with the …

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Market Structure and the Taxation of International Trade

Haufler, Andreas; Pflüger, Michael - CESifo - 2003

The paper compares non-cooperative commodity taxation under the destination and origin principles under a variety of different assumptions about market structure. We consider a model of international duopoly with either quantity or price competition of firms and either segmented or integrated...

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Efficient CO2 Emissions Control with National Emissions Taxes and International Emissions Trading

Eichner, Thomas; Pethig, Rüdiger - CESifo - 2007

In a group of countries like the European Union all countries seek to achieve their national CO2 emissions target by a joint emissions trading scheme covering some part of their economies (trading sector) and by a national emissions tax in the rest of their economies (nontrading sector)....

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What Explains Germany’s Rebounding Export Market Share?

Danninger, Stephan; Joutz, Fred - CESifo - 2007

Germany’s export market share increased since 2000, while most industrial countries experienced declines. This study explores four explanations and evaluates their empirical contributions: (i) improved cost competitiveness, (ii) ties to fast growing trading partners, (iii) increased demand for...

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Hidden Protectionism? Evidence from Non-tariff Barriers to Trade in the United States

Grundke, Robert; Moser, Christoph - CESifo - 2014

Are product standards protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non-compliance with U.S. product standards, using a new database on U.S. import refusals from 2002 to 2012. We find that import refusals significantly decrease exports to the United States. This trade reducing...

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Inventory Control and Intermediation in Global Supply Chains

Qu, Zhan; Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - CESifo - 2015

The paper develops a simple theoretical model of inventory control in global supply chains. It identifies a role for intermediaries in managing inventory, and shows that inserting an intermediary as an additional link in a supply chain is profitable when demand volatility is high. It also...

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The Singular Value Decomposition of a Technology Matrix

Eric O'N. Fisher - CESifo - 2014

This paper is the first application of the singular value decomposition in general equilibrium theory. Every technology matrix can be decomposed into three parts: (1) a definition of composite commodities; (2) a definition of composite factors; and (3) a simple map of composite factor prices...

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