Export restrictions, urban unemployment, and the location of processing activities

Authors
Gilbert, J Wahl, T
Citation
J. Gilbert et T. Wahl, Export restrictions, urban unemployment, and the location of processing activities, ECON LETT, 71(1), 2001, pp. 105-110
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
ECONOMICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01651765 → ACNP
Volume
71
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
105 - 110
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(200104)71:1<105:ERUUAT>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
In a general equilibrium model with processing and urban unemployment, we d emonstrate that export restrictions enhance welfare only when processing is labor intensive and located rurally. When processing is capital intensive or located in the urban region, welfare necessarily falls. (C) 2001 Elsevie r Science B.V. All rights reserved.