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This paper reviews the new approach to international trade based on firm heterogeneity in differentiated product … markets. This approach explains a variety of features exhibited in disaggregated trade data, including the higher productivity … of exporters relative to non-exporters, within-industry reallocations of resources following trade liberalization, and …
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the demand side (buyers) in international trade using a novel transaction-level dataset from Norway. Domestic exporters as … sellers and buyers and the variation of buyer dispersion across destinations. The paper develops a model of trade with … explaining trade patterns. …
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matched to Harmonized System trade data. We find that in up to one-half of goods there is no significant difference between …
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distributional effects of trade reforms and exchange rate movements. …
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implied gravity equation using detailed bilateral trade data for about 200 countries over 1984-2008. Our system identifies …
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emphasized in the recent trade and macro literatures. Using Nielsen barcode data on prices and sales, we estimate elasticities of …
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reducing costs, both fixed and marginal, or of trade preferences (with distortionary Rules of Origin) offered by an importing … country are performed. Our counterfactuals make a case for "trade as aid" as such policies can create a ""win …
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This paper provides evidence on monopolistic competition models with endogenous technology by studying the effects of sectoral export variety on country productivity. The effects are estimated in a translog GDP function system based on data for 34 countries from 1982 to 1997. Country...
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We develop a model of international trade with export quality requirements and two dimensions of firm heterogeneity. In …
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We develop an assignment theory to analyze the volume and composition of foreign direct investment (FDI). Firms conduct FDI by either engaging in greenfield investment or in cross-border acquisitions. Cross-border acquisitions involve firms trading heterogeneous corporate assets to exploit...
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