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Two-Sided Search in International Markets

Eaton, Jonathan; Jinkins, David; Tybout, James R.; Xu, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (the "China shock") and the IT revolution. Lower search costs can significantly improve …

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Multinationals, Technology, and the Introduction of Varieties of Goods

Brambilla, Irene - 2006

I find that firms with more than 50 percent of foreign ownership introduce on average more than twice as many more new varieties of goods as private domestic firms. Advantages in productivity account for 32 to 62 percent of the difference in the number and sales of new varieties, while...

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Quid Pro Quo : Technology Capital Transfers for Market Access in China

Holmes, Thomas J. - 2013

Despite the recent rapid development and greater openness of China's economy, FDI flows between China and … technologically advanced countries are relatively small in both directions. We assess global capital flows in light of China's quid … model to data. We also find large welfare gains for China--and welfare losses for its FDI partners--from quid pro quo …

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International Trade and Innovation

Akcigit, Ufuk; Melitz, Marc J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This chapter was prepared for the Handbook of International Economics (Vol. 5) edited by Gita Gopinath, Elhanan Helpman …

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Firm R&D Investment and Export Market Exposure

Peters, Bettina - 2018

In this article we study differences in the returns to R&D investment between firms that sell in international markets and firms that only sell in the domestic market. We use German firm-level data from the high-tech manufacturing sector to estimate a dynamic structural model of a firm's...

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Exports, Export Destinations, and Skills

Brambilla, Irene - 2010

This paper explores the links between exports, export destinations and skill utilization by firms. We identify two mechanisms behind these links, which we integrate into a unified theory of export destinations and skills. First, exporting to high-income countries with higher valuation for...

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Undertstanding the Home Market Effect and the Gravity Equation : The Role of Differentiating Goods

Feenstra, Robert C. - 1998

This paper argues that the theoretical foundations for the gravity equation are general, while the empirical performance of the gravity equation is specific to the type of goods examined. Most existing theory for the gravity equation depends on the assumption of differentiated goods. We show...

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Overcoming Informational Barriers to International Resource Allocation : Prices and Group Ties

Rauch, James E. - 1998

Incomplete information in the international market creates difficulty in matching agents with productive opportunities and interferes with the ability of prices to allocate scarce resources across countries. Resource-price differentials may not be eliminated and domestic resource supplies may...

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Productivity and the Decision to Export : Micro Evidence from Taiwan and South Korea

Aw, Bee Yan - 1998

While there is widespread empirical evidence indicating exporting producers have higher productivity than nonexporters, the mechanisms that generate this pattern are less clear. One view is that exporters acquire knowledge of new production methods, inputs, and product designs from their...

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Anonymous Market and Group Ties in International Trade

Casella, Alessandra - 1997

When trade involves differentiated products, preferential ties to a group settled abroad facilitate an exporter's entry into the foreign market by providing information and access to distribution channels. This contrasts with the difficulties experienced by an unattached producer unfamiliar with...

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