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EXPORTS AND LOGISTICS
Behar, Alberto; Manners, Phil; Nelson, Benjamin D. - University <Oxford> / Department of Economics - 2009
Do better trade logistics reduce trade costs, raising a country´s exports? Yes, but the magnitude of the effectdepends on country size. Applying a new gravity model to a comprehensive logistics index, we …nd that anaverage-sized country would raise exports by about 46% after a one-standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870125
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Does energy policy hurt international competitiveness of firms? : a comparative study for Germany, Switzerland and Austria
Rammer, Christian; Gottschalk, Sandra; Peneder, Michael; … - 2016
This paper investigates the impact of energy policies on the export performance of firms. There has been a long policy …-level data from three countries with similar industry structure but different energy policies: Germany, Switzerland, and Austria …, subsidies and demand stimulation) for their firm operation and link data on the adoption and development of new energy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561938
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Firm R&D investment and export market exposure
Peters, Bettina; Roberts, Mark J.; Vuong, Van Anh - 2018
export market sales. As a result, exporting firms have a higher payoff from R&D investment, invest in R&D more frequently … differ in their export market exposure. Simulating the introduction of trade tariffs we find a substantial reduction in firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932163
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Export and innovation activities in the German service sector: empirical evidence at the firm level
Ebling, Günther - 1999
In this paper we analyse the relationship between export and innovation activities of German service sector companies … Schumpeterian hypothesis of export activities being mainly driven by innovation activities. Factor endowment theories are only … partially supported. While human capital significantly improves export performance, labour costs hamper it only in selected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428277
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Pricing to market of German exporters : evidence from panel data
Falk, Martin; Falk, Rahel - 1998
degree of pass-through of exchange rate fluctuations in the pricing of 70 export items. The model is estimated using panel … data on export unit values. Parameter estimation relies on GMM first difference, fixed effects, LAD, OLS first difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014460012
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The impact of the introduction of the Euro on firms' expectations concerning export behavior, product innovation and foreign competition : an empirical assessment of the German bus...
Kaiser, Ulrich; Müller, Claudia - 1998
in their expectations that the Euro will increase export activity and product innovation, but significantly more East … entering new markets and developing new products is stronger for firms which already export than for those who do not. Further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622467
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Pricing to market of German exporters : evidence from panel data
Falk, Martin; Falk, Rahel - 1998
degree of pass-through of exchange rate fluctuations in the pricing of 70 export items. The model is estimated using panel … data on export unit values. Parameter estimation relies on GMM first difference, fixed effects, LAD, OLS first difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441656
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Export and innovation activities in the German service sector : empirical evidence at the firm level
Ebling, Günther; Janz, Norbert Helmut - 1999
In this paper we analyse the relationship between export and innovation activities of German service sector companies … Schumpeterian hypothesis of export activities being mainly driven by innovation activities. Factor endowment theories are only … partially supported. While human capital significantly improves export performance, labour costs hamper it only in selected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443384
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Trade and technology : new evidence on the productivity sorting of firms
Bertschek, Irene; Hogrefe, Jan; Rasel, Fabienne - 2013
Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two dimensions: international activity and technology choice. We consider domestic and exporting firms and measure technology choice by firms' actual use of advanced information technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771855
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Exports versus FDI in German manufacturing : firm performance and participation in international markets
Arnold, Jens Matthias (contributor);  … - 2005
domestic market, better performers engage in export activities, and the top firms establish foreign subsidiaries. Using German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003181062