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Merge and Compete: Strategic Incentives To Vertical Integration

CAFFARELLI, Filippo VERGARA - EconWPA - 2004

Vertical integration followed by quantity competition is studied. The downstream firms simultaneously decide whether to integrate with one of the upstream suppliers. If firms are not able to observe whether the vertically integrated competitor enters the intermediate good market, they are...

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The Internationalization Efforts of Lithuanian Manufacturing Firms - Strategy of Luck?

Mockaitis, Audra I.; Vaiginiene, Erika; Giedraitis, Vincent - EconWPA - 2005

internationalizing. This study considers the internationalization efforts of a sample of Lithuanian manufacturing SMEs. Specifically, it … examination of the degree of internationalization and its dependence on company age, size, risk aversion, commitment toward … internationalization and knowledge acquisition. It is revealed that as yet, Lithuanian SMEs are in a state of uncertainty, and rely on …

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THE INTERNATIONALIZATION EFFORTS OF LITHUANIAN MANUFACTURING FIRMS - STRATEGY OR LUCK?

Mockaitis, Audra I.; Vaiginene, Erika; Giedraitis, Vincent - EconWPA - 2005

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FINANCIAL GLOBALIZATION: SOME CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS

Arestis, Philip; Basu, Santonu - EconWPA - 2003

financial globalization. To achieve true financial globalization, an important requirement is the creation of a worldwide single …

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Globalization and Domestic Conflict

Garfinkel, Michelle R.; Skaperdas, Stergios; … - EconWPA - 2005

We examine how globalization affects trade patterns and welfare when conflict prevails domestically. We do so in a …

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Globalization, Domestic Politics and Social Spending in Latin

Kaufman, Robert R.; Segura-Ubiergo, Alex - EconWPA - 2005

This paper analyzes the impact of globalization on social spending in Latin America. It shows that trade integration …

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Taxation for the 21st Century: The Automated Payment Transaction (APT) Tax

Feige, Edgar L. - EconWPA - 2001

This paper examines the desirability and feasibility of replacing the present system of personal and corporate income, sales, excise, capital gains, import and export duties, gift and estate taxes with a single comprehensive revenue neutral Automated Payment Transaction (APT) tax. In its...

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“THE THIN FILM OF GOLD”: THE LIMITS OF MONETARY COMMITMENTS

Schularick, Moritz; Ferguson, Niall - EconWPA - 2005

capital markets in the first era of financial globalization. To test whether the gold standard worked as a credible commitment …

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INCOME CONVERGENCE DURING THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE WORLD ECONOMY 1919-39

Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2003

Some economists have argued that the process of disintegration of the world economy between the two World Wars led to income divergence between the countries. This is in keeping with the view that economic integration leads to income convergence. The paper shows that the view that the period...

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The Influence of Globalization on Taxes and Social Policy – an Empirical Analysis for OECD Countries

Dreher, Axel - EconWPA - 2003

Using panel regression for the period 1970-2000 the paper analyzes whether globalization has influenced the OECD … endogeneity of the regressors, the results show that globalization (measured by an index covering 23 variables) did not generally … decrease the leeway for independent economic policy. Globalization even increased implicit tax rates on capital (as calculated …

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