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Cultural integration and export variety overlap across countries

Egger, Peter; Lassman, 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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Exports and productivity - comparable evidence for 14 countries

Pertl, Leonhard (contributor); Schiavo, Stefano (contributor) - International Study Group on Exports and Productivity - 2008

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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The Asian â€œNoodle Bowlâ€:Is It Serious for Business?

Kawai, Masahiro; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - eSocialSciences - 2009

A lively debate is taking place over the impact of free trade agreements (FTAs) on East Asia's business between those who view the agreements as a harmful Asian "noodle bowl"â€”i.e., overlapping regional trade agreementsâ€”of trade deals and others who see net beneficial effects in...

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The taxing deed of globalization

Egger, Peter; Nigai, Sergey; Strecker, Nora Margot - 2016 - This draft: April 2016

We examine the effects of globalization on the size and composition of tax revenues, worker-specific tax burdens, and effective average labor income tax rates using a unique international database on income tax calculators. We find that due to increasing mobility of firms and high-income...

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Joining the supply chain : a firm-level perspective from Southeast Asia

Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2014

This paper undertakes a comparative, firm-level analysis of joining the supply chain in five Southeast Asian economies to improve our understanding of fragmentation of manufacturing across borders. The research maps supply chains and conducts firm-level econometric analysis on 5,900 enterprises....

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Trade costs in the global economy : measurement, aggregation and decomposition

Egger, Peter; Larch, Mario; Nigai, Sergey; Yotov, Yoto - 2021 - Manuscript date: 10 May 2018

Proper measurement and aggregation of trade costs is of paramount importance for sound academic and policy analysis of the determinants - particularly those of policy - of economic outcomes. The international trade profession has witnessed significant new developments, both on the theoretical...

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Empirical productivity distributions and international trade

Egger, Peter; Erhardt, Katharina; Nigai, Sergey - 2021 - This draft: March 2021

We use firm-level data for 15 countries and 13 manufacturing sectors to estimate firm-level productivity parameters and to establish representative country-sector-specific empirical productivity distributions. We use these distributions against the backdrop of multi-sector versions of the models...

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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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World-trade growth accounting

Egger, Peter; Nigai, Sergey K. - 2016 - This draft: March 2016

We undertake a trade-growth accounting exercise by decomposing data on changes in bilateral international trade flows into their direct (endowment accumulation, productivity growth, changes in trade costs, changing preferences) and indirect components (general equilibrium effects). Furthermore,...

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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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