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The Surprising Instability of Export Specializations

Daruich, Diego - 2016

We study the instability of hyper-specialization of exports. We have two main findings. (1) Specializations are surprisingly unstable: Export ranks are not persistent, and new top products and destinations replace old ones. Measurement error is unlikely to be the main or only determinant of this...

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Extending Industry Specialization through Cross-Border Acquisitions

Frésard, Laurent - 2016

We investigate the role of industry specialization in horizontal cross-border mergers and acquisitions. We find that acquirers from more specialized industries in a country are more likely to buy foreign targets in countries that are less specialized in these same industries. The role of...

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Implementing Results-Oriented Trade Policies : The Case of the US-Japanese Auto Parts Dispute

Krishna, Kala - 1996

Why would the US threaten punitive tariffs on luxury autos to implement a market share target in auto parts? We show that by making threats to a linked market, a market share may be implemented with fairly weak informa- tional and administrative requirements. Moreover, such policies can be both...

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Measures of Prices and Price Competitiveness in International Trade in Manufactured Goods

Lipsey, Robert E. - 1990

international trade in manufactured goods. These include: 1. Indexes of export prices for the U.S., Germany, and Japan, based on … of domestic prices for the U. S., Germany, and Japan based on export weights; 3. Indexes for developed country exports of … exports of manufactures, and indexes for exports of the U.S., Germany, and Japan on the sane sets of weights. The indexes for …

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Flexibility and Job Creation : Lessons for Germany

Heckman, James J. - 2002

This paper examines the performance of the German economy and the role of the regulation and welfare state policies in affecting its performance. While the German economy is still strong, incentives in place are likely to impair future German competitiveness and productivity

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Measuring the Intensity of Competition in Export Markets

Goldberg, Pinelopi K. - 1995

This paper develops an approach to measuring the intensity of competition in international markets. The method measures the degree of 'outside' competition faced by exporters located in one source country from firms located outside the source country. We use the elasticity of price and quantity...

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Instrumental Variables and Causal Mechanisms : Unpacking The Effect of Trade on Workers and Voters

Dippel, Christian - 2017

Instrumental variables (IV) are a common means to identify treatment effects. But standard IV methods do not allow us to unpack the complex treatment effects that arise when a treatment and its outcome together cause a second outcome of interest. For example, IV methods have been used to show...

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Globalization, Fertility and Marital Behavior in a Lowest-Low Fertility Setting

Giuntella, Osea; Rotunno, Lorenzo; Stella, Luca - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

the fertility and marital behavior in Germany, until recently a lowest-low fertility setting. We find that exposure to …

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Misalignment of exchange rates : effects on trade and industry

Marston, Richard C. (contributor) - 1988

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How Did the United States Become a Net Exporter of Manufactured Goods?

Irwin, Douglas A. - 2000

The United States became a net exporter of manufactured goods around 1910 after a dramatic surge in iron and steel exports began in the mid-1890s. This paper argues that natural resource abundance fueled the expansion of iron and steel exports in part by enabling a sharp reduction in the price...

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