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exports. The paper modifies Arkolakis’s (2010) model of trade with heterogeneous firms by introducing endogenous quality and …
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exports. The paper modifies Arkolakis’s (2010) model of trade with heterogeneous firms by introducing endogenous quality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315727
in imports from China on innovation in the US manufacturing sector. We combine patent, firm and trade data during 1990 …
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This paper studies the performance of China's exports during the 2008—2009 financial crisis. It focuses on the speed at … which China's exports were hit by this downturn. Product-country monthly exports data is utilized. It is found that GDP … growth rates of importing countries play an important role in explaining how fast exports fall below the values of the same …
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This paper explores firms' export dynamics in emerging economies where local firms face stiff foreign competition, both at home and abroad, and thus compelled to choose the level of quality in which to export. We develop and test a model of vertical product differentiation where the link between...
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China has defied the declining trend in domestic content in exports in many countries. We study China's rising domestic … content in exports using firm and customs transaction-level data. Our approach embraces firm heterogeneity and hence reduces …'s domestic content in exports to increase from 65% to 70% in 2000-2007. Such substitution was induced by the country's trade and …
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imports by domestic alternatives, and was stronger for smaller firms' exports …. Combining a dataset of Argentinean firm-level destination-specific wine exports with quality ratings, we show that higher … quality exports grew faster before the crisis, but this trend reversed during the recession. Quantitatively, the effect is …
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This paper provides a direct test of how fixed export costs and productivity jointly determine firm-level export behavior. Using Chilean data, we construct indices of fixed export costs for each industry-region-year triplet and match them to domestic firms. Our empirical results show that firms...
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We argue that, under certain conditions, firms consider exports as a substitute for domestic demand. Our econometric …
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We argue that, under certain conditions described by a sunk cost hysteresis model, firms consider exports as a … export market and vice versa takes place in a smooth manner. Areas of weak reaction of exports to changes in domestic demand …
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