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Hair Cuts around the World: An empirical study into GATT and GATS

Jan Hoffman of UNCTAD, President of the IAME, has published  another hair-raising report on international trade.  I hope he will consider submitting to the IAME conference in Hamburg this summer. Perhaps a poster presentation– it is too late for a peer-reviewed paper.

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Abstract After years of hard work, I am pleased to present the results of an extensive empirical study on exports of services and related imports of goods: The Production of Hair Cuts around the Wo…

Source: Hair Cuts around the World: An empirical study into GATT and GATS – Shipping, trade logistics and development

Studies like this one and Colin Camerer’s famous report on New York taxi drivers have the potential to alter our views of conventional wisdom, macro- and micro economics about everyday economic phenomena.

Updated study on economic importance of EU shipping

Thanks to Ana Casaca for bringing to our attention this study of the economic impact of the shipping industry in Europe.  The article is a summary. I have included links to the two related reports from Oxford.     Update Report     Full Report

Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide

Updated study highlights economic importance of EU shipping | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide.

I have been interested in using Leontief I-O matrices to model the migration of economic benefit through the economy, including jobs. It seems that others are doing the same.  It’s important to know where we should look for the impacts of the economic activity we promote.

economies of scale

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