This article investigates the economic effects of carbon taxation, using a multi-sector general equilibrium model with intersectorial input-output linkages and greenhouse gas emissions. We construct a novel and comprehensive sector-level dataset incorporating all relevant sources of greenhouse...

This article presents evidence on the positive effect of international trade on productivity growth using industrial level data preceding and following Brazil's trade liberalization in 1988-90. Our data reveal large and widespread productivity improvement across industries after barriers to...

This article investigates the causes in the reduction of labor force participation of the old. We argue that the changes in social security policy and in technology, and the introduction of Medicare may account for most of the changes in retirement over the second part of the last century in the...