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Trade liberalisation and human capital adjustment

Falvey, Rodney E.; Greenaway, David; Silva, Joana - 2007

This paper highlights the way in which workers of different age and ability are affected by anticipated and unanticipated trade liberalisations. A two-factor (skilled and unskilled labour), two-sector Heckscher-Ohlin trade model is supplemented with a education sector which uses skilled labour...

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Import competition, regional divergence, and the rise of the skilled city

Quintana González, Javier

Este artículo analiza la contribución de la competencia de importaciones a la divergencia regional entre áreas metropolitanas de Estados Unidos. Se acredita que el fuerte aumento de las importaciones de bienes manufactureros de China tuvo un impacto significativo en la polarización...

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Import competition, regional divergence, and the rise of the skilled city

Quintana González, Javier

Summary of Banco de España Working Paper no. 2115

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Productivity Growth, Decoupling and Pollution Leakage

Turner, Karen; Hanley, Nick; Cui, Cathy Xin; Soo, Jung Ha; … - 2011

This paper examines the issue of decoupling economic growth and pollution through growth driven by productivity improvements; and the extent to which pollution effects spill over national borders. Focus is widened from conventional production measures of pollution to a consumption accounting...

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Private and Governmental Barriers Affecting International Market Contestability: Current and Prospective Remedies

Manzoni, Massimo G. - 1997

Several interesting developments indicate that world attention is increasingly focusing on a "novel" category of trade barriers: non-tariff and non-border barriers. Following the Uruguay Round (the eighth round of negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, "GATT"), scholars...

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The Perils of Globalization and the World Trading System

Jackson, John H. - 2000

The post-World War II world trading system is now more than fifty years old, and not surprisingly, it has evolved through a number of different stages of development and survived a series of perils. Recently, however, the perils seem even greater than before. The failure of the Seattle...

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A Tale of Two Standards: An Exploration of US GAAP and IFRS

Lagasse, Allyson - 2010

The research in this paper has two objectives. Beginning with an examination of the historical development of how financial reporting standards are set in the United States and around the world, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board will be...

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A Comparative Analysis of Water Quality Sampling Decisions in Aquifers

Rajagopal, Rangaswamy; Kuchibhatla, Ramana - 1995

No single set of sampling decisions is optimal for all monitoring programs. Cost-effective decisions will have to be made in an adaptive framework, constantly changing yet having a basic structure. The major objectives of this paper are to develop and illustrate such a model structure for...

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The Point-of-Use Water Treatment Industry: Expert Opinion on Regulation.

Rajagopal, Rangaswamy; Tobin, Graham A - 1990

Concerns over declining water quality have led many home owners to install point-of-use water treatment units to improve potable supplies. This industry has grown considerably in recent years. However, some questions have been raised regarding misleading advertising and improper claims being...

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Business sustainability and undergraduate management education in Australia

Fisher, Josie; Bonn, Ingrid - 2009

sustainability and the appropriate strategies required to improve business sustainability. In addition, there are international calls … for educators to address sustainability in their programs. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which … business sustainability is being incorporated into undergraduate business and management courses in Australian universities …

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