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Productivity, Relationship-Specific Inputs and the Sourcing Modes of Multinationals

Defever, Fabrice; Toubal, Farid - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We investigate the roles of productivity and the specificity of inputs for the international sourcing strategy of firms … transaction. The dataset also provides information to estimate the firms' productivity and their intensity in relationship …

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Productivity Effects of International Outsourcing: Evidence from Plant Level Data

Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife; Strobl, Eric - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We investigate the impact of international outsourcing on productivity using plant level data for Irish manufacturing … on productivity is different for plants being more embedded in international markets through exporting or being part of a … outsourcing of services on productivity for firms not operating on the export market. …

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A Touch of Sophistication: FDI and Unit Values of Exports

Harding, Torfinn; Javorcik, Beata - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

The debate on trade and growth increasingly focuses on the composition of exports. Exports of more "sophisticated" products appear to be positively correlated with growth, and upgrading the quality of exports is high on the policy agenda of many countries. This study presents evidence suggesting...

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Scrapping Subsidies during the Financial Crisis - Evidence from the Europe

Leheyda, Nina; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We study the effects of the car scrapping subsidies in Europe during the financial crisis. We make use of a rich data set of all car models sold in nine European countries, observed at a monthly level during 2005-2011. We employ a difference-in-differences approach, exploiting the fact that...

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Grossman-Hart (1986) Goes Global: Incomplete Contracts, Property Rights, and the International Organization of Production

Antràs, Pol - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

I survey the influence of Grossman and Hart's (1986) seminal paper in the field of International Trade. I discuss the implementation of the theory in open-economy environments and its implications for the international organization of production and the structure of international trade flows. I...

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Modes of Delivery in Services

Christen, Elisabeth; Francois, Joseph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We develop a new analytical framework for both cross-border services trade and services trade through foreign affiliates, based on heterogeneous firms operating under oligopoly. This leads to direct predictions about choice of services delivery (mode of delivery) at the firm level, and about the...

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International Trade in Services: A Portrait of Importers and Exporters

Breinlich, Holger; Criscuolo, Chiara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

industries and that services traders are different from non-traders in terms of size, productivity and other firm characteristics …

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Intra-Industry Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and the Reorientation of East European Exports

Djankov, Simeon; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

In the first half of the 1990s many Central and East European countries (CEECs) experienced very high growth rates of exports to OECD nations. This paper investigates the contribution of sources of comparative advantage and economic restructuring on the pattern, composition and volume of trade....

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Pricing to Firm: An Analysis of Firm- and Product-Level Import Prices

Halpern, László; Koren, Miklós - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

We use Hungarian Customs data on product-level imports and exports of manufacturing firms to document that the import price of a particular product varies substantially across buying firms. Importantly, we can relate the level of import prices to firm characteristics such as size, foreign...

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Investment Liberalization and International Trade

Amiti, Mary; Wakelin, Katharine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper estimates the cross-price elasticity of exports with respect to investment costs for bilateral relations between 36 countries. We show that the effect of reducing foreign direct investment costs on exports depends on country characteristics and trade costs as predicted by the Markusen...

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