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Subsidizing firm entry in open economies
Pflüger, Michael; Südekum, Jens - 2009
the government incentive to impact on entry costs, and how entry subsidies can be used strategically in open economies. We … the monopoly pricing distortion. In the autarky equilibrium these subsidies trigger entry, but they eventually do not lead … to more but to better firms in the market. In the open economy there is another, strategic motive for entry subsidies as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271259
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Globalization and strategic research investments
Bohnstedt, Anna; Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - 2010
We develop a general equilibrium model of international trade with heterogeneous firms, where countries can invest into basic research to improve their technological potential. These research investments tighten firm selection and raise the average productivity of firms in the market, thereby...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278406
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Globalization and Strategic Research Investments
Bohnstedt, Anna; Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We develop a general equilibrium model of international trade with heterogeneous firms, where countries can invest into basic research to improve their technological potential. These research investments tighten firm selection and raise the average productivity of firms in the market, thereby...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805630
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Heterogeneous firms, trade, and economic policy: Insights from a simple two-sector model
Pflüger, Michael; Russek, Stephan - 2011
that emerge when countries non-cooperatively choose entry subsidies and their levels of basic research. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286896
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Heterogeneous Firms, Trade, and Economic Policy: Insights from a Simple Two-Sector Model
Pflüger, Michael P.; Russek, Stephan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
that emerge when countries non-cooperatively choose entry subsidies and their levels of basic research. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369421
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Firm Dynamics, Job Turnover, and Wage Distributions in an Open Economy
Cosar, A. Kerem; Guner, Nezih; Tybout, James - 2013
This paper explores the combined effects of reductions in trade frictions, tariffs, and firing costs on firm dynamics, job turnover, and wage distributions. It uses establishment-level data from Colombia to estimate an open economy dynamic model that links trade to job flows in a new way. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329109
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Firm Dynamics, Job Turnover, and Wage Distributions in an Open Economy
Cosar, A. Kerem; Guner, Nezih; Tybout, James - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper explores the combined effects of reductions in trade frictions, tariffs, and firing costs on firm dynamics, job turnover, and wage distributions. It uses establishment-level data from Colombia to estimate an open economy dynamic model that links trade to job flows in a new way. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168625
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Trade, Wages, and Productivity
Behrens, Kristian; Mion, Giordano; Murata, Yasusada; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We develop a new general equilibrium model of trade with heterogeneous firms, variable demand elasticities and endogenously determined wages. Trade integration favors wage convergence, intensifies competition, and forces the least efficient firms to leave the market, thereby affecting aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822765
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How does entry regulation influence entry into self-employment and occupational mobility?
Prantl, Susanne; Spitz-Oener, Alexandra - 2009
We analyze how an entry regulation that imposes a mandatory educational standard affects entry into self-employment and occupational mobility. We exploit the German reunification as a natural experiment and identify regulatory effects by comparing differences between regulated occupations and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269184
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Skill-biased change in entrepreneurial technology
Poschke, Markus - 2010
In contrast to the very large literature on skill-biased technical change among workers, there is hardly any work on the importance of skills for the entrepreneurs who employ those workers, and in particular on their evolution over time. This paper proposes a simple theory of skill-biased change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274617