A distribution factor generates exogenous variation in household members’ bargaining weights, and therefore, it helps identify a collective model. We derive testable hypotheses of the exogeneity of a single distribution factor in a general collective model. Next, we test whether the local sex...

This paper attempts to examine the degree of homogeneity and the plausibility of a currency union in East Asia from the perspective of multiple OCA criteria, using the technique of fuzzy clustering analysis. The question of homogeneity is obviously of importance to the smooth formation and...

We investigate the determinants of business cycle synchronization in East Asia by testing the robustness of the potential candidates, using the technique of Extreme Bound Analysis in an OLS regression framework with Newey-West correction for heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation. We find that...

This paper evaluates the impact of the 2006 European Union antidumping action on Vietnamese footwear in three markets: imports to the EU, footwear producers in Vietnam, and the trade diversionary adjustment of Vietnamese firms in the U.S. market. We find that the AD action reduced Vietnamese...

Using data from Australia during the commodity cycle 2001 to 2015 as a quasi-natural experiment, we explore a mutual relationship between employer-sponsored (permanent) and points-based immigration. We find that the commodity boom triggered significant wage growth in commodity-rich states,...

Identifying a collective model requires a distribution factor that generates exogenous variation in bargaining weights between family members. We propose a method to test the exogeneity of a distribution factor. In derivation, we assume a general dynamic collective model which allows for...