, it is possible to identify a variety of channels through which trade affects the evolution of world income and its …

globalization and stronger protection of intellectual property are analysed. It is shown that globalization leads to more copying of … intellectual property protection has the opposite steady-state effects and thus serves to moderate the effects of globalization. …

aspects of globalization are studied: increases in the size of the South (i.e., countries like China joining the world trading …

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 …

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 …

adopt a model of firm heterogeneity and export participation which we estimate to match moments of the French data using the …

Exporters’ performance in a particular market may affect their future exports to the rest of the world. Importers may … information spillovers across markets on the export patterns of four developing countries (Egypt, Korea, Malaysia and Tunisia). A … world in the next period. Social and ethnic networks seem to reinforce these information spillovers, especially in …