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Russian Natural Gas Exports to Europe: Effects of Russian Gas Market Reforms and the Rising Market Power of Gazprom

Sagen, Eirik Lund; Tsygankova, Marina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006

alter the allocation of Gazprom´s gas sales between domestic and export markets. In this paper we use both theoretical and … for Gazprom to induce monopoly power in its export markets. Our main findings suggest that both increased domestic gas … low domestic prices, Gazprom may even have difficulties to carry out its long-term export commitments. However, if export …

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Knowledge, Location, and Internationalization: Empirical Evidence for Manufacturing SMEs

Lejpras, Anna - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

This paper investigates the links between locational conditions, innovative capabilities and internationalization of manufacturing SMEs. Two modes of foreign market servicing are explored: exporting activity and relocating of selected business activities abroad. The empirical analysis employs...

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Goods Follow Bytes: The Impact of ICT on EU Trade

Mattes, Anselm; Meinen, Philipp; Pavel, Ferdinand - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

This paper empirically assesses whether the deployment and use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure at the national level affects trade flows within the European Union (EU) and between the EU and its main trading partners. The analysis tests the hypothesis that...

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Liquidity and the Dynamic Pattern of Asset Price Adjustment: A Global View

Belke, Ansgar; Orth, Walter; Setzer, Ralph - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

Global liquidity expansion has been very dynamic since 2001. Contrary to conventional wisdom, high money growth rates have not coincided with a concurrent rise in goods prices. At the same time, however, asset prices have increased sharply, significantly outpacing the subdued development in...

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Price Cost Margins and Exporting Behaviour: Evidence from Firm Level Data

Görg, Holger; Warzynski, Frederic - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003

This paper examines whether exporting activity matters for firm's price cost margins. The recent literature on exporting and productivity shows that exporters on average are more efficient than nonexporters. If that is the case we may also expect them to have different mark-ups. We investigate...

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Trade Policy Uncertainty and the WTO

Groppo, Valeria; Piermartini, Roberta - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014

Do WTO commitments reduce the risk of trade policy reversals? To address this question, we rely on the theoretical model of varying cooperative tariffs by Bagwell and Staiger (1990) to specify our empirical model for the probability of a tariff increase. We then study how WTO tariff commitments...

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Die Energiewirtschaft am Kaspischen Meer: enttäuschte Erwartungen - unsichere Perspektiven

Engerer, Hella; Hirschhausen, Christian von - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 1998

The growing literature on the potential role of energy resources around the Caspian Sea is dominated by geoplitics whereas economic aspects have been largely neglected thus far. The relevance of Caspian oil and gas reserves continues to be praised, though objective data on production and exports...

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Determinants of Trade with Solar Energy Technology Components: Evidence on the Porter Hypothesis?

Groba, Felix - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011

regulation leads to a comparative export advantage. Empirical studies testing both hypotheses reach diverging conclusions and … policies and import tariffs determine export flows of solar energy technology components. …

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Perspectives of the European Natural Gas Markets until 2025

Holz, Franziska; Hirschhausen, Christian von; Kemfert, … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008

We apply the EMF 23 study design to simulate the effects of the reference case and the scenarios to European natural gas supplies to 2025. We use GASMOD, a strategic severallayer model of European gas supply, consisting of upstream natural gas producers, traders in each consuming European...

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R&D and Price Elasticity of Demand

Lucke, Dorothea; Schröder, Philipp J. H.; Schumacher, … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004

. This proposition is confirmed by an empirical investigation of export demand for manufactured goods from major …

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