The impact of international trade on domestic growth is revisited in a model with dynamic externalities and static increasing returns to scale. The model embraces features of both classical and new growth and trade theories, allows for learning by doing, and integrates several strains of thought in a general equilibrium with two regions. In contrast to previous work, the model shows that intern...

This chapter is structured in three parts. The first part outlines the methodological steps, involving both theoretical and empirical work, for assessing whether an observed allocation of resources across countries is efficient. The second part applies the methodology to the long-run allocation of capital and consumption in a large cross section of countries. We find that countries that grow fa...

Varghese, Zac, Ray Fernando, John F. Moorhead, Stephen H. Powis, and Xiong Z. Ruan. Effects of sirolimus on mesangial cell cholesterol homeostasis: a novel mechanism for its action against lipid-mediated injury in renal allografts. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 289: F43–F48, 2005. First published March 15, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00181.2004.—Lipoprotein abnormalities are present in a high propo...

Standard macro models cannot explain why real exchange rates are volatile and disconnected from macro aggregates. Recent research argues that models with persistent growth rate shocks and recursive preferences can solve that puzzle. I show that this result is highly sensitive to the structure of financial markets. When just a bond is traded internationally, then long-run risk generates insuffic...

We have investigated an aerosol processing and evolution event from 21–22 July during the summer 2009 Field Intensive Study at Queens College in New York City (NYC). The evolution processes are characterized by three consecutive stages: (1) aerosol wet scavenging, (2) nighttime nitrate formation, and (3) photochemical production and evolution of secondary aerosol species. Our results suggest th...

In China, a rapid increase in passenger vehicles has led to the growing concern of vehicle exhaust as an important source of anthropogenic secondary organic aerosol (SOA) in megacities hard hit by haze. In this study, the SOA formation of emissions from two idling light-duty gasoline vehicles (LDGVs) (Euro 1 and Euro 4) operated in China was investigated in a 30 m smog chamber. Five photooxidat...

The main concern of this paper is to answer the question of the determinants of FDI inflows to West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). The literature on FDI recognizes not only the existence of gaps between domestic savings and investment in most developing countries but also that FDI constitutes a cure capable to bring the latest technology and management know-how into these countrie...

The serum protein a1-antitrypsin (a1-AT) serves as the major inhibitor of neutrophil elastase. The most common allele of the a.1-AT gene is designated as p1Mrn The Z mutation is a single-base substitution of the normal M allele, causing a Glu -* Lys change at position342 in the molecule. The ZZ phenotype is associated with a severe deficiency of a1-AT, serum concentrations of the protein being ...

The UK government has recently recognised the need to improve mental health services in the country. Electronic health records provide a rich source of patient data which could help policymakers to better understand needs of the service users. The main objective of this study is to unveil statistics of diagnoses recorded in the Case Register of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust...