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The Japanese textile sector and the influenza pandemic of 1918-1920
Noy, Ilan; Okubo, Toshihiro; Strobl, Eric - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief the connection between the epidemiology of a virus, the structure of the economy and society that becomes exposed to it, and the actions chosen by government and by individuals and communities to combat it or ameliorate its economic impact....
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Supply chain finance and SMEs : evidence from international factoring data
Auboin, Marc; Smythe, Harry; Teh, Robert - 2016
The unbundling of trade across regions offers unique opportunities for SMEs to integrate into global trade notably through their involvement into supply-chains. With supply-chains shifting and expanding into new regions of the world, the challenge for SMEs to accessing financing remains an...
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Fast fashion : theory and evidence from Portuguese textile and clothing firms
Fernandes, Ana; Tang, Heiwai - 2020
price and frequency of export transactions and with a reduction in average distance of firms' exports. We rationalize our …-income markets. These changes in export patterns imply that advanced economies become more specialized in "fast-fashion" - exporting …
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Impact of European food safety border inspections on agri-food exports : evidence from Chinese firms
Beestermöller, Matthias; Disdier, Anne-Célia; … - 2016
. We combine information on rejections with Chinese firm-level export data. Border rejections amplify the turnover among …
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Tickets to the global market : first US patent awards and Chinese firm exports
Gong, Kaiji; Li, Yao; Manova, Kalina; Sun, Stephen Teng - 2023
examiners to identify the causal effect of a US patent grant on the subsequent export performance of Chinese firms. Successful … first-time patent applicants achieve significantly higher export growth, compared to otherwise similar first-time applicants …
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'By a silken thread' : regional banking integration and pathways to financial development in Japan's Great Recession
Hoffmann, Mathias; Okubo, Toshihiro - 2013
century, silk reeling emerged as the main export industry. The silk reeling industry depended heavily on credit for working …, the main export hub for silk, provided silk reelers with trade loans. Many regional banks in Japan were founded as local … credit ; trade credit ; export finance ; silk industry …
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Improved menstrual health and the workplace : an RCT with female Bangladeshi garment workers
Czura, Kristina; Menzel, Andreas; Miotto, Martina - 2023
Menstruation can limit female labor force participation, especially in low-income countries, where menstrual hygiene practices are constrained by lack of finances and information. In a randomized controlled trial with around 1,900 female workers from four Bangladeshi garment factories, we relax...
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Is medicines parallel trade "regulatory arbitrage"?
Costa-Font, Joan - 2015
In the European Union, medicines are regulated products subject to both single market (e.g., regional exhaustion of property rights) and country specific health care regulations (e.g., medicines pricing). This gives rise to parallel trade (PT), a phenomenon that takes place when a patented...
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Inventory control and intermediation in global supply chains
Zhan, Qu; Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2015
role of export and import intermediaries but to have potentially negative effects on the volume of international trade and …
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Container trade and the U.S. recovery
Kilian, Lutz; Nomikos, Nikos K.; Zhou, Xiaoqing - 2021
Since the 1970s, exports and imports of manufactured goods have been the engine of international trade and much of that trade relies on container shipping. This paper introduces a new monthly index of the volume of container trade to and from North America. Incorporating this index into a...
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