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Multimarket Linkages, Cartel Discipline and Trade Costs
Agnosteva, Delina - 2018
We build a model of tacit collusion between firms that operate in multiple markets to study the effects of trade costs. A key feature of the model is that cartel discipline is endogenous. Thus, markets that appear segmented are strategically linked via the incentive compatibility constraint....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926563
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FDI, Trade Integration and the Border Effect : Evidence from the European Union
Martinez-San Roman, Valeriano - 2014
– horizontal versus vertical – within the European Union and the relevance of trade integration as a potential determinant of … investment flows over the period 1995-2009. We capture trade integration by estimating the magnitude and evolution of the home … robust relationship of complementarity between trade integration and FDI provides at least one argument in support of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051267
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Estimating Border Effects : The Impact of Spatial Aggregation
Coughlin, Cletus C. - 2016
Trade data are typically reported at the level of regions or countries and are therefore aggregates across space. In this paper, we investigate the sensitivity of standard gravity estimation to spatial aggregation. We build a model in which initially symmetric micro regions are combined to form...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012991938
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Is the International Border Effect Larger than the Domestic Border Effect? Evidence from U.S. Trade
Coughlin, Cletus C. - 2013
Many studies have found that international borders represent large barriers to trade. But how do international borders compare to domestic border barriers? We investigate international and domestic border barriers in a unified framework. We consider a unique data set of exports from individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095339
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FDI, Trade Integration and the Border Effect: Evidence from the European Union
Román, Valeriano Martínez-San; Bengoa, Marta; … - CESifo - 2014
–horizontal versus vertical– within the European Union and the relevance of trade integration as a potential determinant of … investment flows over the period 1995-2009. We capture trade integration by estimating the magnitude and evolution of the home … robust relationship of complementarity between trade integration and FDI provides at least one argument in support of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790167
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Tear Down this Wall: On the Persistence of Borders in Trade
Nitsch, Volker; Wolf, Nikolaus - CESifo - 2009
evolution of intra-German trade flows after reunification then provides new insights for both the globalization and border …-West border; political integration is not rapidly followed by economic integration. Instead, we estimate that it takes at least …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572489
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International Trade, Factor Mobility and the Persistence of Cultural-Institutional Diversity
Belloc, Marianna; Bowles, Samuel - CESifo - 2009
eliminated by trade. We provide an evolutionary model of endogenous preferences and institutions under autarchy, trade and factor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013942
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Managing Trade : Evidence from China and the US
Bloom, Nicholas - 2019
We present a heterogeneous-firm model in which management ability increases both pro- duction efficiency and product quality. Combining six micro-datasets on management practices, production and trade in Chinese and American firms, we find broad support for the model's predictions. First, better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012898431
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Economic Geography and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bosker, Maarten; Garretsen, Harry - CESifo - 2008
investing in intra- SSA infrastructure or through increased SSA integration) will have substantial positive effects on its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181360
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European Integration - A Downward Bias in Employment Policies?
Andersen, Torben - CESifo - 2001
Even when labour mobility is low, international integration affectslabour markets by making jobs more mobile. This runs … via product market integration, which is an essential element of European integration. Increasing job mobility aects the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406218