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Firms’ Productivity and Internationalisation Choices: Evidence for a Large Sample of Italian Firms
Benfratello, Luigi; Razzolini, Tiziano - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2008
This paper provides evidence on the links between productivity and internationalisation choices for a large sample of both large and small-medium sized Italian firms. By using detailed qualitative and quantitative information we first identify those firms engaged in international activities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005086724
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Growth and Risk : A View from International Trade
Krishna, Pravin; Levchenko, Andrei A.; Ma, Lin; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper studies the cross-country patterns of risky innovation and growth through the lens of international trade. We use a simple theoretical framework of risky quality upgrading by firms under varying levels of financial development to derive two predictions. First, the mean rate of quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226112
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Trading Places : Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Previous research finds that the greater geographic mobility of foreign than native-born workers following economic shocks helps to facilitate local labor market adjustment to shifting regional economic conditions. We examine the role that immigration may have played in enabling U.S. commuting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013537796
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Causality Relationships between Total Exports with Agricultural and Manufacturing GDP in Tanzania
Shombe, Nicolaus Herman - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008
This paper, investigates causal relationships among agriculture, manufacturing and export in Tanzania by using time … variables out of three jointly cause the third one. There is also some evidence that manufacturing does not cause export and … agriculture. Regarding cointegration, pairwise agricultural GDP and export are cointegrated, export and manufacture are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744794
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Decomposing China's Export Growth into Extensive Margin, Export Quality and Quantity Effects
Gao, Yue; Whalley, John; Ren, Yonglei - CESifo - 2013
This paper decomposes the growth of China’s export into three parts: growth in the extensive margin, increased quantity … and increased prices; we perform a series of empirical analyses using China’s export data at HS-6 digit to analyze the … characteristics of China’s export growth. From 1995 to 2010, China’s export growth was mainly driven by quantity growth with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010660134
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Myanmar's apparel industry in the new international environment : prospects and challenges
Kudo, Toshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
Myanmar’s apparel industry had long been denied access to Western markets due to sanctions against its military government. The birth of a "civilian" government in March 2011 improved Myanmar’s relations with the international community, and Western sanctions were largely lifted....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147336
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Does Family Control Affect Trade Performance? Evidence for Italian Firms
Navaretti, Giorgio Barba; Faini, Riccardo; Tucci, Alessandra - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2008
This paper examines whether the export decision of firms is affected by their ownership structure, specifically it … controlled firms do indeed export less than other type of companies even after controlling for firm heterogeneity in productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357797
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Does Family Control Affect Trade Performance? Evidence for Italian Firms
Navaretti, Giorgio Barba; Faini, Riccardo; Tucci, Alessandra - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008
This paper examines whether the export decision of firms is affected by their ownership structure, specifically it … controlled firms do indeed export less than other type of companies even after controlling for firm heterogeneity in productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005151048
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Investment in Infrastructure and Trade : The Case of Ports
Brancaccio, Giulia; Kalouptsidi, Myrto; Papageorgiou, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Transportation infrastructure is vital for the smooth functioning of international trade. Ports are a crucial gateway to this system: with more than 80% of trade carried by ships, they shape trade costs, and it is critical that they operate efficiently. Yet ports are susceptible to disruptions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544781
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Cutting Out the Middleman : The Structure of Chains of Intermediation
Grant, Matthew; Startz, Meredith L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Distribution of goods often involves multiple intermediaries engaged in sequential buying and reselling. Why do these chains of intermediation exist, and what are their implications for consumers? We show that multi-intermediary chains arise in response to internal economies of scale in trade...
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