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Exporting and Firm Performance : Chinese Exporters and the Asian Financial Crisis

Park, Albert - 2009

We ask how export demand shocks associated with the Asian financial crisis affected Chinese exporters. We construct … outcomes. We find that firms whose export destinations experience greater currency depreciation have slower export growth, and … that export growth leads to increases firm productivity and other firm performance measures. Consistent with "earning …

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The Global Financial Cycle

Miranda-Agrippino, Silvia; Rey, Hélène - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

effects of the monetary policies of the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and of the People's Bank of China on the …

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Contractual Versus Generic Outsourcing : The Role of Proximity

Feenstra, Robert C. - 2005

We explore the relationship between proximity of buyers and sellers and the organizational form of outsourcing. Outsourcing can be "contractual" in which suppliers undertake specific investments or involve "generic" market transactions. Proximity expands the variety of products sourced through...

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Cities, Productivity, and Trade

Marin, Alvaro Garcia - 2020

We document a novel stylized fact: Using data for several countries, we show that export activity is disproportionately … raises not only the aggregate productivity of the economy but also its aggregate export intensity, by allowing more firms to …

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Specialization in Bank Lending : Evidence from Exporting Firms

Paravisini, Daniel - 2015

activities. We illustrate the approach by characterizing bank specialization by export market, combining bank, loan, and export … data for all firms in Peru. We find that all banks specialize in at least one export market, that specialization affects a …

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Exports and Financial Shocks

Amiti, Mary - 2009

A striking feature of many financial crises is the collapse of exports relative to output. In the 2008 financial crisis, real world exports plunged 17 percent while GDP fell 5 percent. This paper examines whether deteriorations in bank health can help explain the large drops in exports relative...

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The Margins of Trade

Eaton, Jonathan - 2019

We introduce quality differentiation and an extensive margin of products into a standard quantitative, general equilibrium model of international trade. Both the quality and the quantity of a product play a role in its contribution both to consumption and to production. The framework allows...

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The Great Trade Collapse

Bems, Rudolfs - 2012

on trade. In addition, shocks to credit supply constrained export supply further exacerbating the decline in trade. Most …

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The Collapse of International Trade During the 2008-2009 Crisis : In Search of the Smoking Gun

Levchenko, Andrei A. - 2010

One of the most striking aspects of the recent recession is the collapse in international trade. This paper uses disaggregated data on U.S. imports and exports to shed light on the anatomy of this collapse. We find that the recent reduction in trade relative to overall economic activity is far...

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Central Bank Swap Arrangements in the COVID-19 Crisis

Aizenman, Joshua; Itō, Hiro; Pasricha, Gurnain Kaur - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Facing acute strains in the offshore dollar funding markets during the COVID-19 crisis, the Federal Reserve (Fed) implemented measures to provide US dollar liquidity by reinforcing swap arrangements with five major central banks, reactivating them with nine other central banks and establishing a...

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