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. We examine Chinese textile and clothing exports before and after the removal of externally imposed quotas. Both the surge … in export volumes and the decline in prices after the quota removal are driven by net entry, implying that the pre …
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This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in the Mexican soaps, detergents and surfactants (SDS) industry. Several basic findings emerge. First, the most fundamental effect of NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to...
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We study the relationship between geography and growth. To do so, we first develop a dynamic spatial growth theory with realistic geography. We characterize the model and its balanced growth path and propose a methodology to analyze equilibria with different levels of migration frictions. We...
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.S. industries. The predicted and observed correlations between export status and input and output prices are similar to those for …
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This paper examines the relationship between trade and income convergence by focusing on groups of countries comprising major trade partners. The majority of these groups exhibited significant convergence. Furthermore, a comparison of the trade-based groups with different, randomly selected,...
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detailed customs and firm-product-level data from Portugal. We use exchange-rate movements as a source of variation in export …
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The paper introduces a framework for studying the hierarchy of growth factors, from deep to more immediate. The specific setting we examine is 18th and 19th century Germany, when institutional changes introduced by reforms and transportation improvements converged to create city growth. We...
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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 …
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Using a unique firm level data set from the Chinese manufacturing sector, this paper analyses the impact of production … subsidies on firms’ export performance. It documents robust evidence that production subsidies stimulate export activity …
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This paper studies the trade of China in the past 150 years, starting from the first opening of China after the Opium … War. The main purpose of the paper is to identify what is (and was) China’s ‘normal’ level of foreign trade, and how these … levels changed under different trade regimes, from 1840 to the present. We present new evidence on China’s foreign trade …
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