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We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" – China and Eastern Europe … and export exposure. We find that the rise of "the East" in the world economy caused substantial job losses in German … regions specialized in import-competing industries, both in manufacturing and beyond. Regions specialized in export …
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This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...
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impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S. and (3 … covering the period from 1984-2010 for Germany respectively 1992-2011 for the U.S. and apply system GMM in order to solve … Germany. A differentiation between imported intermediates (efficient sourcing strategy) and final inputs (competition) reveals …
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We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on U.S. local labor markets, exploiting cross-market variation in import exposure stemming from initial differences in industry specialization and instrumenting for U.S. imports using changes in Chinese imports by...
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Manufacturing accounts for more than three-quarters of U.S. corporate patents. The competitive shock to this sector emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U.S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how...
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