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Some Empirical Findings on the Structural Devlopment of the Estonian Economy
Laaser, Claus Friedrich; Reiljan, Janno; Schrader, Klaus - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
Estonia is widely regarded as a paramount example for a successful transformation of a socialist economic system to a functioning market economy. Against the backdrop of this positive image which contrasts strongly with the crisis scenarios in Southern Europe the remaining problems of Estonia...
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The focus axiom and poverty: On the co-existence of precise language and ambiguous meaning in economic measurement
Subramanian, Subbu - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
Despite the formal rigour that attends social and economic measurement, the substantive meaning of particular measures could be compromised in the absence of a clear and coherent conceptualization of the phenomenon being measured. A case in point is afforded by the status of a focus axiom in the...
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World Market Access of Emerging-Market Firms: the Role of Foreign Ownership and Access to External Finance
Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Investment Climate Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership and access to external finance affect the likelihood of manufacturers in emerging markets to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for...
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Foreign Ownership and the Extensive Margins of Exports: Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
We examine how foreign ownership of a firm affects the variety of goods that the firm exports and the number of countries it trades with. We construct a simple theoretical model of how foreign ownership may affect these extensive margins of exports and take this model to data from Germany, one...
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Monetary policy shocks and macroeconomic variables: Evidence from fast growing emerging economies
Ivrendi, Mehmet; Yildirim, Zekeriya - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
This paper investigates both the effects of domestic monetary policy and external shocks on fundamental macroeconomic variables in six fast growing emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Turkey - denoted hereafter as BRICS_T. The authors adopt a structural VAR model...
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The Single Currency's Effects on Eurozone Sectoral Trade: Winners and Losers?
Vicarelli, Claudio; De Santis, Roberta; De Nardis, Sergio - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
In this paper we study the effect of the single currency across industries for euro area members. This analysis may help to shed light on the main factors influencing the euro effect on trade flows. We intend to verify whether these factors are specific to individual sectors and/or countries or...
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Globalisation and Employment in the EU Electrical Industry: A Case Study with Emphasis on Germany
Diehl, Markus - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2000
The development of production, prices and employment in the EU electrical industry between the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s is analysed in order to test the hypothesis that the competitive pressure from low-income countries has led to the observed decline of the employment share of low-skilled...
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International Trade in Intermediate Inputs: The Case of the Automobile Industry
Diehl, Markus - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001
International trade statistics and input-output tables are analyzed in order to test the hypothesis that international production networks have become more relevant. The share of imported inputs in the gross output value of the motor vehicle industry has grown significantly during the last two...
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Foreign Ownership and the Export and Import Propensities of Developing-Country Firms
Boddin, Dominik; Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership affects the likelihood of manufacturers in developing countries to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences across firms in terms of labor...
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Offshoring, Wages and Job Security of Temporary Workers
Görg, Holger; Görlich, Dennis - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
We investigate the impact of offshoring on individual level wages and unemployment probabilities and pay particular … significant reduction in wages as materials offshoring increases, while permanent workers’ wages are unaffected or even tend to … effects on either wages or employment probabilities in manufacturing. In the service industries, workers are affected in terms …
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