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Productivity, Quality and Export Behavior (Revised version of: Firm-Export Intensity and Productivity, September 2011)

Crinò, Rosario; Epifani, Paolo - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2009

We study, both theoretically and empirically, how export intensity (the ratio of exports to sales) is related to firm … strongly negatively correlated with export intensity to low-income destinations and uncorrelated with export intensity to high … plausible assumptions, our model predicts that the elasticity of export intensity to productivity is increasing in per capita …

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Wake up and Smell the Ginseng: International Trade and the Rise of Incremental Innovation in Low-Wage Countries

Puga, Diego; Trefler, Daniel - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2007

Increasingly, a small number of lowwage countries such as China, India and Mexico are involved in incremental innovation. That is, they are responsible for resolving productionline bugs and suggesting product improvements. We provide evidence of this new phenomenon and develop a model in which...

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Globalization: A Woman's Best Friend? Exporters and the Gender Wage Gap

Bøler, Esther Ann; Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska; … - CESifo - 2015

While the impact of globalization on income inequality has received a lot of attention, little is known about its effect on the gender wage gap (GWG). This study argues that there is a systematic difference in the GWG between exporting firms and non-exporters. By the virtue of being exposed to...

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The Multinational Wage Premium and Wage Dynamics

Orefice, Gianluca; Sly, Nicholas; Toubal, Farid - CESifo - 2015

Using detailed administrative data linking French firms and workers over the years 2002-2007, we document a distinct U-shaped pattern in worker-level wages surrounding the time their employer is acquired by a foreign firm, with a dip in earnings observed for several years before domestic firms...

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Gravity Estimation of the Intensive and Extensive Margins of Trade: An Alternative Procedure with Alternative Data

Flam, Harry; Nordström, Hakan - CESifo - 2011

Helpman, Melitz and Rubinstein (2008) derive gravity equations to estimate effects of trade barriers on the intensive and extensive margins of trade. They exploit the frequency of zeros in aggregate bilateral trade data to identify effects on the extensive margin and to obtain controls for firm...

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Export Growth and Factor Market Competition: Theory and Evidence

Namini, Julian Emami; Facchini, Giovanni; Lopez, Ricardo A. - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2011

Empirical evidence suggests that sectoral export growth decreases exporters\' survival probability, whereas non … develop a two-factor framework where firms differ in factor shares. In this model, export growth increases competition for the …

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Migration and Trade

Egger, Peter; Ehrlich, Maximilian Von; Nelson, Douglas R. - CESifo - 2011

Theoretical and empirical research in economics suggests that bilateral migration triggers bilateral trade through a number of channels. This paper assesses the functional form of the impact of migration on trade flows in a quasi-experimental setting. We provide evidence that the relationship is...

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A Model of Trade with Ricardian Comparative Advantage and Intra-sectoral Firm Heterogeneity

Fan, Haichao; Lai, Edwin L.-C.; Qi, Han Steffan - CESifo - 2011

In this paper, we merge the heterogenous firm trade model of Melitz (2003) with the Ricardian model of Dornbusch, Fisher and Samuelson (DFS 1977) to explain how the pattern of international specialization and trade is determined by the interaction of comparative advantage, economies of scale,...

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Reducing Tariffs according to WTO Accession Rules: The Case of Vietnam

Fosse, Henrik Barslund; Raimondos-Møller, Pascalis - CESifo - 2011

When Vietnam entered WTO in 2007 it was granted an accession period up to 2014. During this period tariffs would have to fall according to the accession agreement. This paper evaluates this 2007-2014 trade liberalization by building an applied general equilibrium model and calibrating it to the...

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The Relative Volatility of Commodity Prices: A Reappraisal

Arezki, Rabah; Lederman, Daniel; Zhao, Hongyan - CESifo - 2011

terms of trade volatility in developing countries with concentrated export baskets remain. …

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