Similar Search Results

Does Family Control Affect Trade Performance? Evidence for Italian Firms

Barba Navaretti, Giorgio; Faini, Riccardo; Tucci, Alessandra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper examines whether the export decision of firms is affected by their ownership structure, specifically it looks at whether family control is an obstacle to entering foreign markets. The underlying assumption is that family firms are risk averse. Risk aversion may be an obstacle to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666735

Foreign Market Conditions and Export Performance: Does 'Crowdedness' Reduce Exports?

Breinlich, Holger; Tucci, Alessandra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper analyzes the link between firm exports and the competitive environment in foreign markets. We derive a … theory-based econometric specification linking destination-specific exports to foreign demand and the degree of 'crowdedness … have reduced Italian exports by around 0.2%-0.3% per year. However, other factors such as higher unit labor costs and weak …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611013

Market Orientation and Gender Wage Gaps: An International Study

Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Two very different approaches are used to explore the relation between market orientation and gender wage differentials in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in product and labour markets and the general absence of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497771

Does Trade Cause Capital to Flow? Evidence from Historical Rainfalls

Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, Alex - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

increase in Ottoman exports, which in turn causes a 10 percent increase in capital inflows from the three source countries. Our …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283394

What Hinders Investment in the Aftermath of Financial Crises: Insolvent Firms or Illiquid Banks?

Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; Kamil, Herman; Villegas-Sanchez, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We provide evidence on the real effects of credit supply shocks utilizing a new firm-level database from six Latin American countries between 1990 to 2005. Holding creditworthiness constant through foreign currency debt exposure, we compare investment undertaken by domestic exporters to that of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009275697

How do different exporters react to exchange rate changes? Theory, empirics and aggregate implications

Berman, Nicolas; Martin, Philippe; Mayer, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper analyzes the reaction of exporters to exchange rate changes. We present a model where, in the presence of distribution costs in the export market, high and low productivity firms react differently to a depreciation . Whereas high productivity firms optimally raise their markup rather...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506840

The Tip of the Iceberg: Modeling Trade Costs and Implications for Intra-Industry Reallocation

Irarrazabal, Alfonso; Moxnes, Andreas; Opromolla, Luca David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

When trade costs are of the iceberg type (Samuelson 1952) and markups are independent of trade costs, relative prices across markets are distorted, but relative prices within markets are not. When trade costs depart from the analytically convenient iceberg type, distortion will also occur within...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468521

Product and Process Innovation and Firms’ decision to Export

Vanbeveren, Ilke; Vandenbussche, Hylke - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We analyze the relationship between firm-level innovation activities and firms’ propensity to start exporting for firms in a small open economy. We measure innovation by innovative effort (R&D) as well as by innovative output (product and process innovation). After carefully correcting for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468704

Quantifying a Dangerous Obsession? Competitiveness and export performance in an OECD Panel of Industries

Carlin, Wendy; Glyn, Andrew J; Van Reenen, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

This paper analyses the impact of cost competitiveness and technology on export performance using a very rich panel dataset of 12 manufacturing industries in 14 OECD countries for the period between 1970 and 1992. Consistent with standard models, we find that changes in relative unit labour...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136613

Output and Exports in Transition Economies: A Labour Management Model

Estrin, Saul; Hare, Paul G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

damaging because firms respond by cutting exports disproportionately. This may explain why countries, such as those in the … former Soviet Union, which have faced serious supply bottlenecks have failed to develop exports while the economies of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497732