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Ethnic Diversity and Firms' Export Behavior
Parrotta, Pierpaolo; Pozzoli, Dario; Sala, Davide - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Selling internationally requires products that resonate with an international customer base and therefore an approach to markets that is in keeping with diverse cultures (i.e., relational capital). As emphasized by international business studies, this relational capital is in turn related to the...
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Average Wage, Qualification of the Workforce and Export Performance in German Enterprises: Evidence from KombiFiD Data
Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
workforce sheds new light on the role of highly qualified employees for success on export markets that is not revealed by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416940
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Subsidies and Exports in Germany: First Evidence from Enterprise Panel Data
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103259
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International Trade and Firm Performance: A Survey of Empirical Studies since 2006
Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The literature on international trade and firm performance grows exponentially. This paper attempts to summarize what we learn from this literature to guide both future empirical and theoretical work in this area, and public debates and policy makers, in an evidence-based way. The focus is on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277811
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Financial Liberalization and the Relationship-Specificity of Exports
Defever, Fabrice; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We investigate the causal impact of equity market liberalizations in the period 1980‐1997 on sectoral export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764593
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Isolating the Network Effect of Immigrants on Trade
Aleksynska, Mariya; Peri, Giovanni - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
those contributing to export by the largest margin. Business network effects seem particularly important in stimulating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010584366
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Then and Now: Reflections on Two Australian Mining Booms
Gregory, Bob - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
export price increases (trading gains) rather than export volume increases. Terms of trade changes - through their direct …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294837
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Preferential Market Access into the Chinese Market: How Good is it for Africa?
Co, Catherine Y.; Dimova, Ralitza - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
over other exporters into the Chinese market. While there is evidence of decreased export bundle concentration and movement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884140
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Expanding Export Variety: The Role of Institutional Reforms in Developing Countries
Sheng, Liugang; Yang, Dennis T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
expand their product varieties in export. Our model demonstrates that relaxing foreign ownership controls and improving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884325
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Why Some Firms Export? An Empirical Analysis for Manufacturing Firms in the MENA Region
Fakih, Ali; Ghazalian, Pascal L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
) region using data from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys Database. It specifically examines the factors that determine the … probability of exporting and the export intensity of these firms. The empirical specification is represented through a country … foreign ownership, information and communication technology, and firm size on the probability of exporting and on export …
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