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Are Exporters More Likely to Introduce Product Innovations?

Bratti, Massimiliano; Felice, Giulia - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2011

A firm\'s export status may improve its capacity of introducing product innovations. We explore this idea using very … rich firm-level data on Italian A firm\'s export status may improve its capacity of introducing product innovations. We …\' distance from export markets and of their export market potential as instruments for differences in export activities. We find …

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On the Pro-Trade Effects of Immigrants

Bratti, Massimiliano; Benedictis, Luca de; Santoni, Gianluca - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2012

n this paper we investigate the causal effect of immigration on trade flows. We exploit the very favorable set-up offered by the Italian panel data — the fine geographical disaggregation (provinces, i.e., Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics 3 level — NUTS-3), the very high...

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Shock Transmission Mechanism of the Economic Crisis in East Asia : An Application of International Input-Output Analysis

Kuroiwa, Ikuo; Kuwamori, Hiroshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010

This paper investigates the impacts of the 2008 economic crisis on industries in East Asia. By using the updated Asian international input-output table for 2008, the paper attempts to identify the transmission mechanism and the magnitude of impact of the crisis on industries in East Asia. The...

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The Role of Distance in Determining International Transport Costs: Evidence from Philippine Import Data

Kuwamori, Hiroshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

This paper presents an empirical investigation of the appropriateness of distance as a determinant of international transport costs by using Philippine import data. This study addresses three specific questions. First, does distance really matter in the determination of transport costs? Second,...

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