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The Wage Effects of Offshoring: Evidence from Danish Matched Worker-Firm Data
Hummels, David; Rasmus J?rgensen; Munch, Jakob; Xiang, Chong - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 6, pp. 1597-1629
We employ data that match the population of Danish workers to the universe of private-sector Danish firms, with product-level trade flows by origin- and destination-countries. We document new stylized facts about offshoring and instrument for offshoring and exporting. Within job spells,...
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The Network Structure of International Trade
Chaney, Thomas - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 11, pp. 3600-3634
frictions. Firms only export into markets where they have a contact. They directly search for new trading partners, but also use …
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The Gravity of Knowledge
Keller, Wolfgang; Yeaple, Stephen Ross - In: American Economic Review 103 (2013) 4, pp. 1414-44
We analyze the international operations of multinational firms to measure the spatial barriers to transferring knowledge. We model firms that can transfer bits of knowledge to their foreign affiliates in either embodied (traded intermediates) or disembodied form (direct communication). The model...
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Trade Liberalization and Embedded Institutional Reform: Evidence from Chinese Exporters
Khandelwal, Amit K.; Schott, Peter K.; Wei, Shang-Jin - In: American Economic Review 103 (2013) 6, pp. 2169-95
. We examine Chinese textile and clothing exports before and after the elimination of externally imposed export quotas …. Both the surge in export volume and the decline in export prices following quota removal are driven by net entry. This …
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Exports, Export Destinations, and Skills
Brambilla, Irene; Lederman, Daniel; Porto, Guido - In: American Economic Review 102 (2012) 7, pp. 3406-38
This paper explores the links between exports, export destinations, and skill utilization. We identify two mechanisms … suggest a skill-bias in export destinations. We test the theory using a panel of Argentine manufacturing firms. We find that …
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A Balls-and-Bins Model of Trade
Armenter, Roc; Mikl?s Koren - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 7, pp. 2127-51
Many of the facts about the extensive margin of trade—which firms export, and how many products are sent to how many …-level trade flows across export destinations, and the frequency of multiproduct, multidestination exporters. In contrast, balls …
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The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - In: American Economic Review 103 (2013) 6, pp. 2121-68
We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on US local labor markets, exploiting cross- market variation in import exposure stemming from initial differences in industry specialization and instrumenting for US imports using changes in Chinese imports by...
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R&D Investments, Exporting, and the Evolution of Firm Productivity
Aw, Bee Yan; Roberts, Mark J.; Xu, Daniel Yi - In: American Economic Review 98 (2008) 2, pp. 451-56
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Aggregation Bias in the Factor Content of Trade: Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing
Hanson, Gordon H.; Feenstra, Robert C. - In: American Economic Review 90 (2000) 2, pp. 155-160
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Trade Costs, 1870-2000
Jacks, David S.; Meissner, Christopher M.; Novy, Dennis - In: American Economic Review 98 (2008) 2, pp. 529-34
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