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Manufacturing Productivity: Effects of Service Sector Innovations and Institutions
Foster-McGregor, Neil; Pöschl, Johannes; Stehrer, Robert - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2012
. Furthermore, we control for the effect of domestic institutions on productivity. A high quality of contract enforcement and … educational institutions in the reporter country are an important determinant of productivity developments. …
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Transition Countries in 2001: Robust Domestic Demand, Concerns About External Fragility Reappear
Havlik, Peter - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2001
, may be seriously affected. And it would perhaps not be their economic growth that would suffer the most, but the climate … the transition countries' short-term growth prospects. Domestic demand is robust, though the growth of industrial … production somewhat decelerated during the first months of the year. If there is a noticeable growth slowdown, as in Poland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649606
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Rapid Growth in the CIS: Is It Sustainable?
Iradian, Garbis - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2007
This paper analyses some of the main factors behind the recent rapid growth in the Commonwealth of Independent States … (CIS) and the prospects for its continuation. Two approaches are used. The first approach uses growth accounting exercises … to estimate the total factor productivity (TFP) growth of all transition economies and compare them with other fast …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162285
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Trade in Intermediate Products and EU Manufacturing Supply Chains
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Foster-McGregor, Neil; Hanzl-Weiss, Doris - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2011
Where is your mobile coming from? This simple question is not easy to answer as the mobile has been assembled using components from different countries (including the domestic) and by using services from the domestic and foreign economies. This multi-country nature of products is not only a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009131257
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Need for Speed: Is Faster Trade in the EU Trade-Creating?
Hornok, Cecília - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2011
Timeliness has gained growing importance in international trade. This paper provides empirical evidence on the significant cost of time in trade by exploiting the quasi-experimental nature of the European Union (EU) enlargement in 2004. It applies a difference-in-difference-in-differences...
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Austrian Exporters: A Firm-Level Analysis
Pöschl, Johannes; Stehrer, Robert; Stöllinger, Roman - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2010
In this paper we provide detailed evidence on the importance and performance of exporters compared to non-exporters in Austrian manufacturing industries based on firm-level data. The centrepiece of the study is the issue of the export premium, i.e. the size and performance advantages of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673450
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Changes in the Structure of Intra-Visegrad Trade after the Visegrad Countries’ Accession to the European Union
Richter, Sandor - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2012
intra-Visegrad trade was two and a half times higher than in 2003. The rate of growth in these countries’ trade with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686966
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Crossing Industry Borders: German Manufacturers as Services Exporters
Kelle, Markus - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2012
German manufacturing firms increasingly engage in service trade activities. Micro-level data show that producer service exports of German manufacturers amounted to EUR 30 billion in 2005. In particular, construction, engineering and R&D services are exported. The machinery industries and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686967
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Industrial Diversity, Trade Patterns and Productivity Convergence
Stehrer, Robert; Wörz, Julia - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 1970
Recent developments in economic integration show rather diverse patterns of integration into the world economy. Some countries are remaining in the low-tech industries whereas other countries succeed in becoming competitive also in high-tech industries. In this paper we postulate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686973
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Offshoring and the Skill Structure of Labour Demand
Vries, Gaaitzen De; Foster-McGregor, Neil; Stehrer, Robert - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2012
In this paper we examine the link between international outsourcing – or offshoring – and the skill structure of labour demand for a sample of 40 countries over the period 1995 2009. The paper uses data from the recently compiled World-Input-Output-Database (WIOD) to estimate a system of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686975