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between firm characteristics and export activities, demonstrating the decisive role of human capital intensity for exporting …
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This paper documents the relationship between firm survival and three types of international trade activities - exports, imports and two-way trade. It uses unique new representative data for manufacturing enterprises from Germany, one of the leading actors on the world market for goods, that...
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This paper documents for the first time the relationship between profitability and three types of international trade activities – exports, imports and two-way trade. It uses unique new representative data for manufacturing enterprises from Germany, one of the leading actors on the world...
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subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for …
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Selling internationally requires products that resonate with an international customer base and therefore an approach to markets that is in keeping with diverse cultures (i.e., relational capital). As emphasized by international business studies, this relational capital is in turn related to the...
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control for issues of self-selection and endogeneity in the firms' decisions to export by providing fixed effects and …
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The lack of information is a relevant obstacle to the export activity of small and medium enterprises. This paper … analyzes whether banks can support firms’ export by reducing informational asymmetries about foreign markets. We exploit a … exogenous to firms’ export decisions by relying on preexisting lending relationships and exploiting the acquisition of a firm …
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dynamics at the intensive margin is intense and heterogeneous. Plant mobility across deciles of export distribution has an …, similar shares of plants gradually move up and down the export ladder and changes in plants' relative position in the …
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Concerns for environmental quality and its impact on people's welfare are fundamental arguments for the adoption of environmental legislation in most countries. In this paper, we analyse the relationship between air quality and subjective well-being in Europe. We use a unique dataset that merges...
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One of the consequences of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the developing world has been deterioration in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious threat to health in most developing countries, environmental regulations are rare and the...
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