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When searching for productivity spillovers from foreign firms, a firm is typically classified as foreign using a low … find no horizontal productivity effects using the low threshold direct ownership definition, we find positive and …
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plants exist. The results indicate that divestment is associated with a drop in total factor productivity accompanied by a … decline in output, markups as well as export and import intensity. The findings are consistent with the benefits of foreign …
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country's export basket. The empirical analysis relates unit values of exports measured at the 4-digit SITC level to data on …
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This paper assesses sources of productivity spillovers in China's electric and electronic manufacturing industry using … important reliance on technology. In particular, the paper focuses on the role of other firms' productivity as well as … productivity shifters in affecting own firm-level total factor productivity. In addition, this paper examines the possible …
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Research and Development (R&D) activities of emerging countries (EMEs) have increased considerably in recent years. Recent micro studies and anecdotal evidence points to industrialized countries as the sources of knowledge in EMEs. In this context, we examine ideas production and international...
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We determine workforce composition and wages in firms in the presence of productivity spill-overs between co …
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This paper assesses the role of intra-sectoral spillovers in total factor productivity across Chinese producers in the … as a function of skilled and unskilled labor, capital, materials, and total factor productivity, which is broadly defined …. The latter is a composite of observable factors such as export market participation, foreign as well as public ownership …
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Current literature shows a significant negative impact of terrorism on countries economies. We explore this relationship in more detail. Using an unbalanced panel of over 160 countries for up to 25 years and the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) we show a decrease in FDI as a consequence of...
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We set up a trade model where three countries compete for an exogenous number of firms. Our innovation lies in the geography of the model. Of the three countries, one is the hub through which all trade takes place. First, we establish the natural geography of the region, which is given by the...
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This paper examines whether credit constraints affect Chinese firms' absorption of productivity spillovers from foreign …
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