Topics in Empirical International Economics: A Festschrift in Honor of Robert E. Lipsey (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)

Cover......Page 1
Topics in Empirical
International Economics......Page 4
ISBN 9780226060835......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
I. International Comparisons of Output and Prices......Page 24
1. Measuring Product-Market Integration......Page 26
2. Inferring Relative Factor Price Changes from Quantitative Data......Page 58
II. Multinational Firms......Page 80
3. Multinational Firms: Reconciling Theory and Evidence......Page 82
4. Determinants and Effects of Multinational Growth: The Swedish Case Revisited......Page 110
5. Home-Country Effects of FDI: Foreign Production and Structural Change in Home-Country Operations......Page 148
III. International Trade and Exchange Rates......Page 172
6. The Optimal Choice of Exchange Rate Regime: Price-Setting Rules and Internationalized Production......Page 174
7. Revealing Comparative Advantage: Chaotic or Coherent Patterns across Time and Sector and U.S. Trading Partner?......Page 206
8. U.S. Trade and Other Policy Options and Programs to Deter Foreign Exploitation of Child Labor......Page 244
Contributors......Page 274
Author Index......Page 276
Subject Index......Page 280