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are widened by uncertainty. Our econometric model for six euro area countries suggests domestic demand and capacity … regression model and find that domestic demand developments and uncertainty are relevant for short-run export dynamics … empirical results are robust to the inclusion of a variable measuring European policy uncertainty. In some cases (Italy, Greece …
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This paper shows that the R&D intensity of an industry plays an important role in determining international trade patterns via its effect on scale economies. I first develop a model of trade with heterogeneous firms where firms compete with each other by spending on fixed product development...
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A new wave of technological innovations, often called 'fintech,' is accelerating change in the financial sector. What impact might fintech have on financial services, and how should regulation respond? This paper sets out an economic framework for thinking through the channels by which fintech...
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In this paper we offer an analysis of the effects of uncertainty about future tax policy on irreversible investment …. The main message of the paper is that investment is not much affected by the degreee of tax policy uncertainty. This is … that reducing tax policy uncertainty is probably no magic bullet to increase private investment spending …
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In merger analysis and other antitrust settings, risk is often cited as a potential barrier to entry. But there is little consensus as to the kinds of risk that matter- systematic versus non-systematic and industry-wide versus firm-specific - and the mechanisms through which they affect entry. I...
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of firm volatility across industries: for example, sunk capital costs, uncertainty about profits and technological change … measure uncertainty about profits and technological change, while the latter enables us to obtain information on the industry …. Our empirical findings show that: (1) industries with higher sunk capital costs and profit uncertainty have significantly …
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of firm volatility across industries: for example, sunk capital costs, uncertainty about profits, and technological … allows us to measure uncertainty about profits and technological change, while the latter enables us to obtain information on … uncertainty have significantly lower variability of the number of firms; and (2) these relationships are non-linear as suggested …
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choice deviate from what citizens want but that an increase in uncertainty about policy outcomes decreases this distortion. …
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