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Exporting and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Atkin, David; Khandelwal, Amit; Osman, Adam - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
efficiency. First, treatment firms have higher productivity and quality after accounting for rug specifications. Second, when …
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Heterogeneous Firms and Trade
Melitz, Marc J; Redding, Stephen J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
markets. This approach explains a variety of features exhibited in disaggregated trade data, including the higher productivity … industry and firm productivity. …
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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...
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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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The Global Economic Consequences of the Uraguay Round and Implications for Australia.
McKibbin, W.J.; Salvatore, D. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1995
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Wholesalers and Retailers in US Trade (Long Version)
Bernard, Andrew B.; Jensen, J Bradford; Redding, Stephen J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
International trade models typically assume that producers in one country trade directly with final consumers in another. In the real world, of course, trade can involve long chains of potentially independent actors who move goods through wholesale and retail distribution networks. These...
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Trade and Foreign Direct Investment with Central and Eastern Europe: Its Impact on Spain
Gual, Jordi; Martín, Carmela - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
The increased integration of the economies of Central and Eastern Europe with the European Union (EU) as the Europe Agreements are progressively implemented, is projected to have a significant impact on trade flows with Spain, as exports and imports grow very rapidly, albeit starting from a very...
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Fuzzy Transition and Firm Efficiency: Evidence from Bulgaria, 1991-4
Djankov, Simeon; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper investigates the relationship between firm restructuring and international competition in Bulgaria during 1991–4. Two hypotheses are tested. First, firms in industries that are subject to significant international competition demonstrate greater increases in efficiency over time...
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The Empirics of Firm Heterogeneity and International Trade
Bernard, Andrew B.; Jensen, J Bradford; Redding, Stephen J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper reviews the empirical evidence on firm heterogeneity in international trade. A first wave of empirical findings from micro data on plants and firms proposed challenges for existing models of international trade and inspired the development of new theories emphasizing firm...
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Technological Change, Trade in Intermediates and the Joint Impact on Productivity
Bøler, Esther Ann; Moxnes, Andreas; Ulltveit-Moe, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
productivity. We do so by developing a quantitative model with heterogeneous firms and international trade where firms can invest … cover the fixed costs of sourcing foreign inputs, which in turn also has a benign impact on measured productivity. Using …&D investment play a key role in explaining firm-level productivity growth. Moreover, the estimated returns to R&D are significantly …
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