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A Long‐Run Perspective on Unconditional Convergence in Manufacturing: Evidence From U.S. Industrialisation

open access: yesOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines long‐run unconditional convergence of labour productivity in manufacturing across 48 contiguous U.S. states. We construct a detailed panel data set of state‐industry pairs with over 120 industries covering the period 1880–2007.
Alexander Klein   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changing Economic Geography and Vertical Linkages in Japan [PDF]

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In Japan, the manufacturing has become geographically dispersed in the 1990s, when the import share has risen after the historic exchange rate appreciation. As is consistent with the interpretation that import penetration undermines regional input-output
Eiichi Tomiura
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Other People's Money: Political Embeddedness on Pension Boards, Alternative Assets and Investment Fees

open access: yesPublic Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract State‐administered pension plans report paying roughly $20 billion each year in fees to external asset managers, much of it for high‐cost, high‐risk “alternative” assets such as private equity and hedge funds. These outcomes involve trillions in pension investments that affect the retirement security of millions of public sector workers and ...
Jeffrey C. Diebold, Cody R. Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

International Transmission of Monetary Shocks in a Ricardian World [PDF]

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This paper investigates how monetary shocks are transmitted internationally. It shows that where a national currency is used as an international medium of exchange, the international money is non-neutral.
Dingsheng Zhang, Wenli Cheng
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Analysis of competitive and comparative advantages of potato production in Indonesia. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One, 2022
Saptana   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Foreign Exchange Regimes in (Normal Times and) Times of War: Insights From Ukraine

open access: yesScottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT On February 24, 2022, as Russia invaded, the National Bank of Ukraine switched from a flexible to a fixed‐exchange rate regime. Was this optimal? We develop a tractable but carefully calibrated open‐economy model of Ukraine with nominal rigidities and frictions in international financial markets.
Oliver de Groot, Yevhenii Skok
wiley   +1 more source

Morals, Markets, and Medicine

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Healthcare in the United States is defined by profit motives and economic inequality, yet medical providers and organizations are also guided by moral values such as a commitment to patient well‐being. How have sociologists made sense of this apparent contradiction?
Guillermina Altomonte, Eliza Brown
wiley   +1 more source

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