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Exports and productivity: Comparable evidence for 14 countries

Wagner, Joachim; Pertl, Leonhard; Schiavo, Stefano; … - 2007

evidence in favour of self-selection of more productive firms into export markets, but nearly no evidence in favour of the …

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Panel Data Gravity Models of International Trade

Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; Pfaffermayr, Michael - 2014

One of the oldest and largest literatures in empirical economics is concerned with the estimation of demand and supply of goods, services, and factors across national or subnational borders (see Leamer and Levinsohn, 1995). The respective empirical models specified and estimated are often...

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International terrorism as a trade impediment?

Gassebner, Martin; Egger, Peter - 2014

Earlier work established the notion that international terrorism harms international trade. This evidence was based on annual data with responses in the same year as attacks and incidents and on empirical models which ignored general equilibrium effects. We provide evidence that, if at all,...

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Does finance really matter for the participation of SMEs in international trade? Evidence from 8,080 East Asian firms

Jinjarak, Yothin; Mutuc, Paulo Jose; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2014

This paper studies factors associated with firm participation in export markets, focusing primarily on firm size and … interdependent relationships between export participation, firm size, and access to credit. SMEs participating in export markets tend … participation in export markets. The estimation results also point to the supportive influences of foreign ownership, worker …

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Regional trade agreements and enterprises in Southeast Asia

Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2013

The spread of regional trade agreements (RTAs) in Southeast Asia has ignited a debate about their impact on business, and ways to avoid raising the business costs from the Asian 'noodle bowl' effect. This paper undertakes a comparative and firm-level analysis of the impact of RTAs in Indonesia,...

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Cultural Integration and Export Variety Overlap Across Countries

Egger, Peter; Lassmann, Andrea - 2014

This paper assesses the role of a larger degree of common language use between the populations of two countries on the so-called extensive product margin of trade. We focus on the overlap of products exported or imported between any pair of countries. The results suggest that the effect of...

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Trade flows and trade specialisation: The case of China

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Sova, Anamaria; Sova, Robert - 2015

Using annual data for the period 1992-2012, this paper examines trade flows between China and its main trade partners in Asia, North America and Europe, and whether increasing trade has led to industrial structural adjustment and changes in China's trade patterns. The analysis is based on both...

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Trade Flows and Trade Specialisation: The Case of China

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Sova, Anamaria; Sova, Robert - 2015

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SME internationalization through global value chains and free trade agreements: Malaysian evidence

Arudchelvan, Menaka; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2015

Growing internationalization of firms in Asia through participation in global value chains (GVCs) and free trade agreements (FTAs) has focused attention on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Yet there is scant literature on the characteristics of SMEs involved in GVCs and FTAs. Malaysia...

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Why do SMEs not borrow more from banks? Evidence from the People's Republic of China and Southeast Asia

Wignaraja, Ganeshan; Jinjarak, Yothin - 2015

age, and export participation. Fourth, personal assets of SME owners tend to matter more as collateral for SME borrowing …

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