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Political Agreements and Exporting Activities: An Empirical Assessment of the Effects of the JCPOA Agreement on Iran’s Exports
(2020-08)
Conflicts hinder international trade. Political agreements that restrain conflicts and remove sanctions may contribute positively to exporting and importing activities. In this study, we examine the effects of the Joint ...
Industrial research and development and real exchange rate depreciation in a small open economy
(2020-01-24)
To examine how changes in relative national prices affect innovation input, this paper studies the impact of changes in industry‐specific effective real exchange rates on industrial R&D expenditures in Korea. In particular, ...
Gendered effects of sanctions on manufacturing employment: Evidence from Iran
(2022-08-06)
International sanctions have significant economic effects with long-lasting negative consequences for human development. However, academic research on the gendered effects of sanctions is scarce. In fact, most work on ...
Is ‘no news’ really ‘good news’? Country visibility and FDI location choice
(2017-06-29)
In choosing where to invest, firms seek out information on a set of possible locations. Information asymmetries may make country visibility particularly important in decisions to locate investment abroad. We develop a ...
Productivity and offshoring innovative activities
(2016-03-24)
Recent studies suggest that firms may gain from global sourcing of innovative activities. Yet, only a small number of firms offshore their R&D, design, and engineering tasks. To explain this selection pattern, this paper ...
Exchange Rates and Trade Balances: Effects of Intra-Industry Trade and Vertical Specialization
(2020-08)
To examine how changes in relative national prices affect trade flows, this study estimates the impact of changes in industry-specific effective real exchange rates on industry-level trade balances, exports, and imports. ...
An empirical assessment of the effects of trade in innovative tasks on innovation output
(2015-08-24)
Multinational firms are increasingly sending their innovative tasks abroad. This article examines whether offshoring research and development, design, and engineering activities provides any gains in terms of firm‐level ...
Inflation in Iran: An Empirical Assessment of the Key Determinants
(2023)
Purpose: To study the key determinants of chronically high inflation in Iran.