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The Quality-Complementarity Hypothesis: Theory and Evidence from Colombia
Kugler, Maurice; Verhoogen, Eric A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
.S. industries. The predicted and observed correlations between export status and input and output prices are similar to those for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123564
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The Margins of US Trade (Long Version)
Bernard, Andrew B.; Jensen, J Bradford; Redding, Stephen J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
Recent research in international trade emphasizes the importance of firms' extensive margins for understanding overall patterns of trade as well as how firms respond to specific events such as trade liberalization. In this paper, we use detailed U.S. trade statistics to provide a broad overview...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124157
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The Impact of Trade Promotion Services on Canadian Exporter Performance
Chen, Shenjie; Van Biesebroeck, Johannes; Yu, Emily - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We evaluate the impact of the export promotion program delivered by the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service on various … dimensions of export performance. Over the 1999-2006 time period we study, Canadian firms successfully diversified their exports …, increasing the number of export destinations or number of products exported, are smaller and more sensitive to the identification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320397
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364732
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Product adjustments: A firm-level analysis of the impact of a real exchange rate shock
Moxnes, Andreas; Ulltveit-Moe, Karen-Helene - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
Using a new and extensive micro data set we investigate the impact of a change in international competitive pressure following a real exchange shock on multi-product firms’ product mix. We only find weak evidence for the core competencies hypothesis, according to which, we would expect the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008554228
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Explaining the Size Differences of Exporter Productivity Premia: Theory and Evidence
Geishecker, Ingo; Schröder, Philipp J.H.; Sörensen, Allan - CESifo - 2014
Why is it that exporter productivity premia (EPP) differ so widely in size? We take this question to the theory and to the data. We derive the sectoral EPP in a standard heterogeneous firms trade model and apply the insights from the model to 13 years of data for all Danish manufacturing firms....
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Trade Costs and Job Flows: Evidence from Establishment-Level Data
Groizard, Jose L.; Ranjan, Priya; Rodriguez-Lopez, Antonio - CESifo - 2014
Changes in the costs of trading inputs or final goods affect establishment-level job flows. Using a longitudinal database containing the universe of manufacturing establishments in California from 1992 to 2004, we find that a decline in input or final-good trade costs is associated with job...
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Why are Firms that Export Cleaner? International Trade and CO2 Emissions
Forslid, Rikard; Okubo, Toshihiro; Ulltveit-Moe, Karen … - CESifo - 2014
This paper develops a model of trade and CO2 emissions with heterogenous firms, where firms make abatement investments and thereby have an impact on their level of emissions. The model shows that investments in abatements are positively related to firm productivity and firm exports. Emission...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010779408
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The Extensive Margin of Exporting Products: A Firm-level Analysis
Arkolakis, Costas; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - CESifo - 2010
export their highest-sales products across multiple destinations. To account for these regularities, we develop a model of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833907
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Intermediaries in International Trade: Direct versus indirect modes of export
Bernard, Andrew B.; Grazzi, Marco; Tomasi, Chiara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
volumes. Export intermediaries such as wholesalers serve different markets and export different products than manufacturing … environment and product-specific factors play important roles in explaining the existence of export intermediaries. These … export intermediaries to overcome country and product fixed costs means that they can more easily respond along the extensive …
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