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Pattern, Determinants and Dynamics of Austrian Service Exports – A Firmlevel Analysis

Wolfmayr, Yvonne; Christen, Elisabeth; Pfaffermayr, Michael - FIW - 2013

export participation is very low and highly concentrated among a few firms and that service exporters are on average larger … and more productive than non-exporters. We also find that firm productivity increases with the number of export markets … served. The detailed analysis on the export premium suggests the self-selection of firms as well as learning effects from …

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Time zones matter: The impact of distance and time zones on services trade

Christen, Elisabeth - FIW - 2012

Using distance and time zone differences as a measure for coordination costs between service suppliers and consumers, we employ a Hausman-Taylor model for services trade by foreign affiliates. Given the need for proximity in the provision of services, factors like distance place a higher cost...

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Aggregation Bias in Trade Elasticities: The Case of Macedonia

Jovanovic, Branimir - FIW - 2013

This paper evaluates the bias which may occur when trade elasticities are estimated using data on aggregate trade, instead of using data on bilateral trade. The exercise is done on the case of Macedonia. Elasticities obtained from aggregate-trade data, using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag...

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