Peter M. Morrow
University of Toronto
17 Papers
47 Citations
Peter M. Morrow is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tariff & Domestic market. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 17 publications.
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Papers
Roads and Trade: Evidence from the US
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of interstate highways on the level and composition of trade for US cities was investigated and it was found that cities with more highways specialize in sectors producing heavy goods.
Ricardian–Heckscher–Ohlin comparative advantage: Theory and evidence ☆
TL;DR: In this article, a unified and tractable model of comparative advantage due to differences in both factor abundance and relative productivity differences across industries is derived and conditions under which ignoring one force for comparative advantage biases empirical tests of the other.
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Tariffs and the Organization of Trade in China
TL;DR: This paper examined the impact of China's falling import tariffs on the organization of exports between ordinary and processing trade and found that falling input tariffs are the source of 90 percent of the average increase in the share of exports occurring through ordinary trade, most of which occurs on the extensive margin through new entry.
Tariffs and the organization of trade in China
Loren Brandt,Peter M. Morrow +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examined the impact of falling import tariffs on the organization of its exports between ordinary and processing trade, and found that changes in the organisation of trade linked to input tariff cuts caused the share of Chinese domestic content in gross exports to increase at the industry-province level.
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Labor Coercion and the Accumulation of Human Capital
TL;DR: The authors examined the effect of labor coercion on human capital accumulation using micro-data from Puerto Rico, where unskilled laborers were forced to work for landowners during 1849-1874.
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