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Author
Artuç, Erhan, Department of Economics, University of Virginia
Advisors
McLaren, John, Department of Economics, University of Virginia
Friedberg, Leora, Department of Economics, University of Virginia
Johnson, William, Department of Economics, University of Virginia
Rodriguez, Peter, Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia
Abstract
Chapter 1. We simulate numerically a trade model with labor mobility costs added, modeled in such a way as to generate gross flows in excess of net flows. Adjustment to a trade shock can be slow with plausible parameter values. In our base case, the economy moves 950f the distance to the new steady state in approximately eight years. Gross flows have a large effect on this rate of adjustment and on the normative effects of trade. Announcing and delaying the liberalization can build - or destroy - a constituency for free trade. We study the conditions under which these contrasting outcomes occur.
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Degree
PHD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Keywords
trade; policy; labor mobility
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Artuç, Erhan. Essays on Trade Policy and Labor Mobility. University of Virginia, Department of Economics, PHD (Doctor of Philosophy), 2006-08-01, https://doi.org/10.18130/V3S86G.
