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Demand learning and firm dynamics: evidence from exporters
Berman, Nicolas; Rebeyrol, Vincent; Vicard, Vincent - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
This paper provides evidence that learning about demand is an important driver of firms' dynamics. We present a simple model with Bayesian learning in which firms are uncertain about their idiosyncratic demand parameter in each of the markets they serve, and update their beliefs as noisy...
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Do entrepreneurs matter?
Becker, Sascha O.; Hvide, Hans K - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
In the large literature on firm performance, economists have given little attention to entrepreneurs. We use deaths of more than 500 entrepreneurs as a source of exogenous variation, and ask whether this variation can explain shifts in firm performance. Using longitudinal data, we find large and...
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The Impact of Location on Firm Growth
Audretsch, David B; Dohse, Dirk - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper links the performance of new technology firms, measured in terms of growth, to geographic location. We introduce a model of firm growth that is specific to characteristics of the location as well as the firm and industry. The model is estimated using a new dataset identifying the...
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Import competition from and outsourcing to China: a curse or blessing for firms?
Mion, Giordano; Zhu, Linke - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
China is different from both other low-wage and OECD countries. Industry-level import competition and firm-level outsourcing … to China reduce firm employment growth and induce skill upgrading. In contrast, industry-level imports have no effect on … Belgian firm survival, while firm-level outsourcing of finished goods to China even increased firm's probability of survival …
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Trade induced technical change? The impact of Chinese imports on innovation, IT and productivity
Bloom, Nicholas; Draca, Mirko; Van Reenen, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
-specific quotas following China’s entry into the World Trade Organization. Chinese import competition had two effects: first, it led …
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Relaxing Hukou: Increased labor mobility and China’s Economic Geography
Bosker, Maarten; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
China’s Hukou system poses severe restrictions on labor mobility. This paper assesses the consequences of relaxing … these restrictions for China’s internal economic geography. We base our analysis on a new economic geography model. First …, we obtain estimates of the important model parameters on the basis of information on 264 of China’s prefecture cities …
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The Territorial Dynamics Of Innovation In China And India
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Storper, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper analyses the geography of innovation in China and India. Using a tailor-made panel database for regions in … between the provinces and states within both countries are quite different. In China, the concentration of innovation is …. Innovative areas in China, rather than generate knowledge spillovers, seem to produce strong backwash effects. In India, by …
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Economic Reforms and Industrial Policy in a Panel of Chinese Cities
Alder, Simon; Shao, Lin; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We estimate the effect on economic development of China's industrial policy, in particular, the establishment of …
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A Second Look at the Pesticides Initiative Program: Evidence from Senegal
Cadot, Olivier; Jaud, Mélise - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper investigates whether the Pesticides Initiative Program has significantly affected the export performance of Senegal's horticulture industry. We apply two main microeconometric techniques, difference-in-difference and matching difference-in-differences to identify the effect of the...
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Impact Evaluation of Trade Interventions: Paving the Way
Cadot, Olivier; Fernandes, Ana; Gourdon, Julien; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
The focus of trade policy has shifted in recent years from economy-wide reductions in tariffs and trade restrictions towards targeted interventions to facilitate trade and promote exports. Most of these latter interventions are based on the new mantra of "aid-for-trade" rather than on hard...
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