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Trade liberalization, outsourcing, and firm productivity
Ossa, Ralph - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
Empirical evidence suggests that trade liberalization increases firm productivity. This paper offers a novel … tasks the closer they are to their core competencies, this outsourcing increases firm productivity. Moreover, I also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745324
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Productivity as if space mattered: an application to factor markets across China
Cheng, Wenya; Morrow, John; Tacharoen, Kitjawat - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
markets explain both productivity differences and firm density. Estimating structural model parameters is simple and relies on … model, we find that labor markets which provide cost advantages explain substantial differences in firm productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746456
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Internationalization and innovation of firms: evidence and policy
Altomonte, Carlo; Aquilante, Tommaso; Békés, Gábor; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
interaction among firm-level internationalization, innovation and productivity across seven European countries (Austria, France … survives after controlling for productivity, with some evidence of causality running from the latter to the former. Our … analysis suggests that export promotion per se is unlikely to lead to sustainable internationalization because …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125974
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Free trade agreements and the consolidation of democracy
Liu, Xuepeng; Ornelas, Emanuel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
We study the relationship between participation in free trade agreements (FTAs) and the sustainability of democracy. Our model shows that FTAs can critically reduce the incentive of authoritarian groups to seek power by destroying protectionist rents, thus making democracies last longer. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884636
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Trade liberalization and industrial restructuring through mergers and acquisitions
Breinlich, Holger - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
and closure of low productivity firms combined with internal growth of more efficient firms. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745235
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The ASEAN Free Trade Agreement: impact on trade flows and external trade barriers
Calvo-Pardo, Hector; Freund, Caroline; Ornelas, Emanuel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
Using detailed data on trade and tariffs from 1992-2007, we examine how the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement has affected trade with non-members and external tariffs facing non-members. First, we examine the effect of preferential and external tariff reduction on import growth from ASEAN insiders and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745301
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The effect of trade liberalization on informality and wages: evidence from Mexico
Aleman-Castilla, Benjamin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
decreases more in industries that are relatively more export oriented. Finally, I confirm that the elimination of the Mexican …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746201
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Regional trade agreements
Freund, Caroline; Ornelas, Emanuel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
This paper reviews the theoretical and the empirical literature on regionalism. The formation of regional trade agreements has been, by far, the most popular form of reciprocal trade liberalization in the last fifteen years. The discriminatory character of these agreements has raised three main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746650
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From selling goods to selling services: firm responses to trade liberalization
Breinlich, Holger; Soderbery, Anson; Wright, Greg C. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
In the face of trade liberalization domestic firms are often forced out of the market, whereas others adapt and survive. In this paper we focus on a new channel of adaptation, namely the shift toward increased provision of services in lieu of goods production. We exploit variation in EU trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126040
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Multiproduct firms, income distribution, and trade
Schafgans, Marcia M. A.; Stibora, Joachim - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
We develop a general equilibrium model of multiproduct fi…rms with quality differentiated goods. Households are characterized by an heterogeneous taste for the differentiated good and their income level. The use of non-homothetic preferences and vertical product differentiation (product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126464