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Firm performance and trade with low-income countries : evidence from China
Schmerer, Hans-Jörg; Wang, Luhang - 2014
evidence for sequential sorting into different export-modes according to firm productivity: i) only the most productive firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010391833
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Tariffs, trade and productivity : a quantitative evaluation of heterogeneous firm models
Breinlich, Holger; Cuñat, Alejandro - 2013
- US Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) of 1989. We compute predicted increases in trade flows and measured productivity across … fundamental problem which most models we analyse face: predicted increases in measured productivity are too low by an order of … trade and productivity reactions to freer trade, raising doubts about the accuracy of the quantitative predictions of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009773860
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Trade unions Go global!
Donado, Alejandro (contributor); Wälde, Klaus (contributor) - 2008
Worker movements played a crucial role in making workplaces safer. Workplace safety is costly for firms but increases labour supply. A laissez-faire approach leaving safety of workplaces unknown is suboptimal. Safety standards set by better-informed trade unions are output and welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003748493
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Corporate taxes and multi-product exporters : theory and evidence from trade dynamics
Flach, Lisandra; Irlacher, Michael; Unger, Florian - 2019
This paper analyzes how exporters are affected by corporate tax reforms in destination markets. We introduce tax policy in a trade model of multi-product firms and show that producers face tougher competition in export markets with lower corporate tax rates. This competitive effect induces firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064599
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Firm-productivity and export under non-constant marginal costs
Mukherjee, Arijit - 2016
Recent theoretical research shows that exporters are more productive than nonexporters. We show that this result holds almost trivially for the case of constant marginal cost of production, as mainly assumed in the literature, but it may not hold true if the marginal cost is not constant. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432543
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The real exchange rate in the long run : Balassa-Samuelson effects reconsidered
Bordo, Michael D.; Choudhri, Ehsan U.; Fazio, Giorgio; … - 2014
Historical data for over hundred years and 14 countries is used to estimate the long-run effect of productivity on the … real exchange rate. We find large variations in the productivity effect across four distinct monetary regimes in the sample … argue that changes in trade costs over time may affect the impact of productivity on the real exchange rate over time. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010374513
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Labor market policies and European crises
Bertola, Giuseppe - 2013
This paper studies theoretically and empirically why and how labor policies may reduce productivity and employment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199422
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Credit constraints, quality, and export prices : theory and evidence from China
Fan, Haichao; Lai, Edwin L.-C.; Li, Yao Amber - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between the credit constraints faced by a firm and the unit value prices of its exports. The paper modifies Arkolakisś (2010) model of trade with heterogeneous firms by introducing endogenous quality and credit constraints. The model predicts that tighter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786048
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Can general purpose technology theory explain economic growth? : electrical power as a case study
Ristuccia, Cristiano Andrea; Solomou, Solomos - 2014
Does the concept of General Purpose Technologies help explain periods of faster and slower productivity advance in …, Britain, France, Germany and Japan and proceeds to evaluate the hypothesis of a productivity bonus as postulated by many … there was no generalized productivity boost from electrical power diffusion as postulated by many existing GPT models. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252126
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Productivity response to a contract change
Jayaraman, Rajshri; Ray, Debraj; Véricout, Francis de - 2014
This paper studies the productivity impact of a contract change for tea pluckers in an Indian plantation. The contract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252151