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constraints affect a firm's innovation and export activities. Theoretical predictions are tested using unique firm survey data … these constraints force export and innovation activities to become substitutes even when these activities are natural … level of income and export intensity. Specifically, the paper investigates theoretically and empirically how financial …
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This paper examines the link between imported technologies and a country’s export performance, as measured by product … by the degree of involvement of European companies in export flows from our sample countries (Outward Processing Trade …
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This paper examines the channels through which offshoring affects employment in a representative sample of German establishments, using a difference-in-differences matching approach. Offshoring establishments are identified by an increase in the share of foreign to total inputs. We find that an...
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Africa, while a major aid recipient, has had disappointing export performance. This paper argues for a causal link: aid …, by being partially spent on non-traded goods, leads to real appreciation and reduced export competitiveness. I …
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Mozambique liberalized its cashew sector in the early 1990s in response to pressure from the World Bank. Opponents of the reform have argued that the policy did little to benefit poor cashew farmers while bankrupting factories in urban areas. Using a welfare-theoretic framework, we analyse the...
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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...
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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 …
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adopt a model of firm heterogeneity and export participation which we estimate to match moments of the French data using the …
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information spillovers across markets on the export patterns of four developing countries (Egypt, Korea, Malaysia and Tunisia). A …
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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...
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