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• Working Paper No. 1049 May 07, 2024

  Deindustrialization from the Center Perspective: US Trade and Manufacturing in the Last Two Decades

  Nikolaos Rodousakis, Giuliano Toshiro Yajima, and George Soklis
  Abstract

  We argue that the US trade and industry sector has experienced several unsustainable sectoral processes, including (i) a fall in the trade balance in machinery and equipment and high-tech (HT) industries, (ii) a rise in import multipliers in machinery and equipment and HT industries, (iii) a fall in the manufacturing share of GDP in machinery […]

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• Working Paper No. 1013 January 18, 2023

  The Economic and Environmental Effects of a Green Employer of Last Resort

  Giuliano Toshiro Yajima, Nikolaos Rodousakis, and George Soklis
  Abstract

  We assess the sectoral impact of the implementation of a “green” employer of last resort (ELR) program in the US, based on an environmental modification of an extended Kurz’s (1985) multiplier framework and data from OECD Input-Output tables. We use these multipliers to estimate the impact of an “optimal” ELR, designed to maximize the impact […]

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• Policy Notes No. 2 April 22, 2022

  A Race to the Bottom

  Nikolaos Rodousakis, Vlassis Missos, and George Soklis
  Abstract

  More than a decade after the 2009 crisis, the standards of living of the Greek population are still contracting and the prospects are gloomy. In this policy note, Vlassis Missos, Research Associate Nikolaos Rodousakis, and George Soklis deal with how to approach the measurement of income loss and poverty in Greece and argue for the […]

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• Policy Notes No. 4 November 10, 2021

  A Recovery for Whom?

  Nikolaos Rodousakis, Vlassis Missos, and George Soklis
  Abstract

  The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed multiple risks faced by economies whose production structures depend on the volatility of international conditions. In the case of Greece, this has manifested itself in the severe impact the pandemic has had on one of the linchpins of the Greek economy: the tourism sector. Vlassis Missos, Nikolaos Rodousakis, and George […]

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