Guns, butter and openness: on the relationship between security and trade
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Foreign trade can settle international disputes to some extent, but it cannot always stop war from breaking out. Trade relations also do not stop countries from arming themselves defensively.
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2001
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A reexamination of exchange-rate exposure
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Companies that trade internationally and multinational corporations based in Japan, the United Kingdom, Chile, the Netherlands, France, Thailand, Italy and Germany were examined to see how much they were affected by foreign currency fluctuations. The data, taken from 1980-1999, shows heavy exposure to exchange-rate fluctuations, more that the researchers expected.
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2001
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