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Agricultural trade liberalization under bilateralism: an international network perspective

“…It can also be extended by means of the introduction of political contributions made by interest groups. This could be made by adopting the government's objective function introduced by Grossman and Helpman (1994). While these topics have not been addressed in this article, they are proposed as possible extensions for future research.…”

Technological activity and productivity in the Spanish regions

“…Following Jaffe (1986) and Jaffe et al (1993) the relevant activity of the other regions can be summarized by a weighted sum of other firms' R&D, with weights proportional to the "proximity of the regions in technology space", that is regions using the same or related technology (this can be easily measured by patents originated in one industry but used in another). But, to measure this proximity we follow Grossman and Helpman (1994) and Coe and Helpman (1995), who support the idea that the new theory of economic growth underlines trade as a transmission mechanism linking a country's productivity gains to economic development in its trade partner. More precisely, not only does a region's productivity depend on its own technological research, it also depends on the technology of its trade partners, i.e.…”

Second-best pollution taxes: revisited and revised

“…Hahn (1990) uses such a model to examine the choice of policy instruments for environmental regulation. Grossman and Helpman (1994); Tanaka (1998) and Horan et al (1999) use a weighted SWF in different contexts. Furthermore, previous examples that combine positive and normative approaches can be found in Fulton (2000, 2002) and Casamatta et al (2011).…”