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Learning to Export from Neighbors
Fernandes, Ana; Tang, Heiwai - CESifo - 2014
neighbors currently selling there, the level and heterogeneity of their export sales, and the firm’s own prior knowledge about … the market. A positive signal about demand inferred from neighbors’ export performance raises the firm’s probability of … exit are independent of the prevalence of neighboring export activities. We find supporting evidence from the transaction …
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Foreign Language Learning: An Econometric Analysis
Ginsburgh, Victor; Melitz, Jacques; Toubal, Farid - CESifo - 2014
The paper is devoted to an econometric analysis of learning foreign languages in all parts of the world. Our sample covers 193 countries and 13 important languages. Four factors significantly explain learning, two of which affect the broad decision to learn, while two concern as well the choice...
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The Influence of Chinese Trade Policy on Automobile Assembly and Parts
Swenson, Deborah L. - CESifo - 2011
its dispute case at the WTO, the extraordinary growth in China’s global export of auto parts since 2005 suggests that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351469
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Economy Wide Impact of the Trade Integration between Japan and India: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis
Bhattacharyay, Biswa Nath; Mukhopadhyay, Kakali - CESifo - 2013
India and Japan in 2020 after tariff reduction compared to Business as Usual (BAU) scenario. A marginal export growth is … occur. India would likely to increase its export to Japan by I8.25%, while for Japan it will be only 4.65% by 2020. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010732348
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International Trade and Transnational Insecurity: How Comparative Advantage and Power are Jointly Determined
Garfinkel, Michelle R.; Skaperdas, Stergios; … - CESifo - 2009
We augment the canonical neoclassical model of trade to allow for interstate disputes over land, oil, water, or other resources. The costs of such disputes in terms of arming depend on the trade regime in place. Under either autarky or free trade, the larger country (in terms of factor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004979423
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What Determines BITs?
Bergstrand, Jeffrey H.; Egger, Peter - CESifo - 2011
Bilateral investment treaties (BITs) have proliferated over the past 50 years such that the number of pairs of countries with BITs is roughly as large as the number of country-pairs that belong to bilateral or regional preferential trade agreements (PTAs). The purpose of this study is to provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009150650
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The Twin Effects of Globalization - Evidence from a Sample of Indian Manufacturing Firms
Daveri, Francesco; Manasse, Paolo; Serra, Danila - CESifo - 2010
and/or may benefit from more rapid careers. Hence, the costs of uncertainty and the benefits of skill upgrading associated …
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Holes in the Dike: The Global Savings Glut, U.S. House Prices and the Long Shadow of Banking Deregulation
Hoffmann, Mathias; Stewen, Iryna - CESifo - 2015
We explore empirically how capital inflows into the US and financial deregulation within the United States interacted in driving the run-up (and subsequent decline) in US housing prices over the period 1990-2012. To obtain an ex ante measure of financial liberalization, we focus on the history...
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Competition for Migrants in a Federation: Tax or Transfer Competition?
Köthenbürger, Marko - CESifo - 2012
The paper provides an equilibrium analysis of how countries compete for migrants. The type of competition (tax or transfer competition) depends on whether the competing countries have similar policy preferences. With symmetric preferences, countries compete in taxes for migrants. With asymmetric...
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Restrictive Immigration Policy in Germany: Pains and Gains Foregone?
Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; Geis, Wido; Kohler, Wilhelm - CESifo - 2008
Many European countries restrict immigration from new EU member countries. The rationale is to avoid adverse wage and employment effects. We quantify these effects for Germany. Following Borjas (2003), we estimate a structural model of labor demand, based on elasticities of substitution between...
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