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Shattering the Myth of Costless Price Changes: Emerging Perspectives on Dynamic Pricing

Bergen, Mark; Ritson, Mark; Dutta, Shantanu; Levy, Daniel; … - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper we argue that pricing is all about price changes, and that the costs of price changes are often simultaneously subtle and substantial. We discuss a framework to deal with the dynamics of changing prices. This framework incorporates customer interpretations of price changes, an...

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Comparison between minimum purchase, quantity flexibility contracts and spot procurement in a supply chain

Brusset, Xavier - EconWPA - 2005

When, in a supply chain, a supplier and a buyer have the choice of transaction form to do business, the equilibrium transaction form which emerges is much more constrained than previously envisaged in literature. In this paper, two forms of long-term supply contracts and procurement in the spot...

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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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The international diffusion of new technologies: a multi-technology analysis of latecomer advantage and global economic integration

Perkins, Richard; Neumayer, Eric - EconWPA - 2004

The diffusion of modern, efficient technology has far-reaching consequences for the geography of economic activity, inequality and environmental quality. This article examines two popular yet highly controversial claims about the conditions most favorable to the rapid spread of new technology....

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