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  • How environmental regulations affect productivity of U.S. and Mexican primary iron & steel and aluminum industries

    Creator:
    Hackenbruck, Satenik
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    Many economists believe that the slowdown of the productivity growth rates in the U.S. economy in early 1970's was a consequence of the increased level of environmental regulations. The main reason presented in support of this argument is that increased environmental regulations impose an additional burden to the firms, thus...
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    in Mexico. During the debates of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 1994, this difference

  • The comparison of productivity growth in the U.S. and Mexican food processing sectors

    Creator:
    Alpay, Ebru
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    In this study, the rates of technological change in food processing sectors of U.S. and Mexico are compared through econometric estimation of both the unrestricted (long-run) and restricted (short-run) profit functions with first order autocorrelation correction. Then, the dual rate of productivity growth is computed and decomposed into its sources....
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    Masters Thesis
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    Ebru Alpay A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

  • The Economic effects of trade liberalization under oligopoly

    Creator:
    Cho, Bong-Jae
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    In modern economies, national governments have a wide range of policies for restricting international trade and protecting domestic industries at their disposal. The most popular form of non-tariff trade policies is probably that of a direct quantitative restriction. This policy takes two principal forms: explicit import quotas and voluntary export...
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    welfare W, following trade liberalization becomes the sum of the autarkic state of welfare and the change