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Measuring productivity dynamics in Japan: a quantile approach
This paper presents an approach for estimating changes in firms’ productivity. We apply the quantile approach, which estimates the changes in the productivity distribution of surviving firms. Using this method...
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Impacts of globalization on tariff settings
This study investigates the effects of globalization—specifically, a reduction in trade costs—on trade policies implemented under unilateral and cooperative policy regimes. The results demonstrate opposite res...
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A note on tax analysis in a two-region model of monopolistic competition
Takatsuka (Pap Reg Sci 93:595–617, 2014) compares the effects of ad valorem and unit taxes on firm location, within the framework of new trade theory. In the model, the unit tax is imposed at the instant of produ...
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Trade and the emissions trading system in a small open economy
To control greenhouse gas emissions efficiently, we should regulate all pollution emission sources in the economy equally. However, in the real world, environmental regulations differ by sector. Using a small ...