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Sizing Up the Impact of Embassies on Exports
Ferguson, Shon; Forslid, Rikard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
medium-sized firms to export. We test this prediction using Swedish firm-level data and information on the opening and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083722
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Language and Foreign Trade
Melitz, Jacques - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
The significance of a common language in foreign trade hinges on translation as well as the ability to communicate directly. In fact, without admitting the facility of translation from one or two selected languages, it is impossible to explain adequately the impact of a common language on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123599
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Foreign Languages and Trade
Fidrmuc, Jan; Fidrmuc, Jarko - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
Cultural factors and especially common languages are well-known determinants of trade. By contrast, the knowledge of foreign languages was not explored in the literature so far. We combine traditional gravity models with data on fluency in the main languages used in EU and candidate countries....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791825
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Competition And Firm Performance: Lessons From Russia
Brown, J David; Earle, John S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
The 'big-bang' liberalization of the inefficient Russian economy in 1992 provides a fruitful setting for analysing the impact of several dimensions of market competition and other factors on enterprise efficiency. We analyse 1992-1998 panel data on 14,961 enterprises covering 75 percent of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661595
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Financial constraints and innovation: Why poor countries don't catch up
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Schnitzer, Monika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
level of income and export intensity. Specifically, the paper investigates theoretically and empirically how financial … constraints affect a firm's innovation and export activities. Theoretical predictions are tested using unique firm survey data … constraints strongly adversely affect the ability of domestically owned firms to innovate and to export and hence to catch up to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468676
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Cross-Country Causes and Consequences of the 2008 Crisis: International Linkages and American Exposure
Rose, Andrew K; Spiegel, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This paper models the causes of the 2008 financial crisis together with its manifestations, using a Multiple Indicator Multiple Cause (MIMIC) model. Our analysis is conducted on a cross-section of 85 countries; we focus on international linkages that may have allowed the crisis to spread across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528523
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Why do within firm-product export prices differ across markets?
Görg, Holger; Halpern, László; Muraközy, Balázs - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
In this paper we analyse the relationship between gravity variables and f.o.b. export unit values using Hungarian firm …-product-destination data. By taking firm-product level selection into account we show that export unit values increase with distance even for … relationship between unit values and market size. We propose two possible explanations: first, firms may export different quality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530371
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An Anatomy of International Trade: Evidence from French Firms
Eaton, Jonathan; Kortum, Samuel S; Kramarz, Francis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
adopt a model of firm heterogeneity and export participation which we estimate to match moments of the French data using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124187
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Exports and Information Spillovers
Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
information spillovers across markets on the export patterns of four developing countries (Egypt, Korea, Malaysia and Tunisia). A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497848
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The Margins of Multinational Production and the Role of Intra-firm trade
Irarrazabal, Alfonso; Moxnes, Andreas; Opromolla, Luca David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
In this paper we ask why the gravity model of international trade also work well for foreign direct investment (FDI) flows or multinational production (MP). We propose a model of trade and horizontal FDI, where the subsidiary is allowed to source inputs from the headquarters. Under certain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114237