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  • Three essays on international trade and regional productivity

    Creator:
    Moon, Hanpil
    Abstract:
    A firm's productivity is composed of two parts: pure technical change and location-specific (agglomeration) externalities. Regional productivity is thus an aggregation of productivity of firms producing similar goods and located in a given region. International trade can affect both components of regional productivity. First, trade openness in a closed economy...
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    acknowledge Dr. Bruce A. Weber, Dr. Jeff Reimer, Dr. Christian Langpap, and Dr. Russell E. Ingham for

  • The economics of forest-dependent regions

    Creator:
    Biswas, Smita
    Abstract:
    This dissertation explores two economic phenomena involving forest-dependent areas: wage distribution and migration pattern of individuals. Are forest-dependent rural areas less desirable for workers from the standpoint of labor market returns? Are different skills (e.g. education, experience) rewarded differently in these areas? If there are interregional wage differences, would that...
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    Dissertation
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    express gratitude to Dr. Munisamy Gopinath, Dr. Jeffery Reimer, Dr. Bruce Weber, and Dr. Russell E