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Greasing the Wheels of International Commerce: How Services Facilitate Firms' International Sourcing
Debaere, Peter; Görg, Holger; Raff, Horst - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of … international sourcing of materials depends on a firm's productivity and the availability of local services. These predictions are … materials to sales. In addition, we find evidence that services grease the wheels of international commerce: A greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468604
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Heterogeneous Firms and Trade
Melitz, Marc J; Redding, Stephen J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084049
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Globalization and European Labour Markets
Burda, Michael C; Dluhosch, Barbara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
empirical puzzles in the trade-wages debate and can also explain the bimodal growth in services (high and low skill) observed in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656366
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Trade, Firms, and Wages: Theory and Evidence
Amiti, Mary; Davis, Donald R - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
How does trade liberalization affect wages? This is the first paper to consider in theory and data how the impact of final and intermediate input tariff cuts on workers’ wages varies with the global engagement of their firm. Our model predicts that a fall in output tariffs lowers wages at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666626
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Intermediaries in International Trade: Direct versus indirect modes of export
Bernard, Andrew B.; Grazzi, Marco; Tomasi, Chiara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper examines the factors that give rise to intermediaries in exporting and explores the implications for trade volumes. Export intermediaries such as wholesalers serve different markets and export different products than manufacturing exporters. In particular, high market-specific fixed...
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Measuring the Upstreamness of Production and Trade Flows
Antràs, Pol; Chor, Davin; Fally, Thibault; Hillberry, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We propose two distinct approaches to the measurement of industry upstreamness (or average distance from final use) and show that they yield an equivalent measure. Furthermore, we provide two additional interpretations of this measure, one of them related to the concept of forward linkages in...
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Grossman-Hart (1986) Goes Global: Incomplete Contracts, Property Rights, and the International Organization of Production
Antràs, Pol - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
I survey the influence of Grossman and Hart's (1986) seminal paper in the field of International Trade. I discuss the implementation of the theory in open-economy environments and its implications for the international organization of production and the structure of international trade flows. I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320400
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The Economic Geography of Trade Production and Income: A Survey of Empirics
Overman, Henry G; Redding, Stephen J.; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper surveys the empirical literature on the economic geography of trade flows, factor prices, and the location of production. The discussion is structured around the empirical predictions of a canonical theoretical model. We review empirical evidence on the determinants of trade costs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662227
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Equilibrium Locations of Vertically Linked Industries
Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993
This paper considers the locational choice of firms in an upstream and a downstream industry. Both industries are imperfectly competitive, with firms subject to increasing returns. There are transport costs between the two locations. Depending on the level of these costs there may be a single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791321
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Firms in International Trade
Bernard, Andrew B.; Jensen, J Bradford; Redding, Stephen J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Despite the fact that importing and exporting are extremely rare firm activities, economists generally devote little attention to the role of firms when discussing international trade. This paper summarizes key differences between trading and non-trading firms, demonstrates how these differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792355