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Does energy policy hurt international competitiveness of firms? A comparative study for Germany, Switzerland and Austria

Arvanitis, Spyros; 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 … technologies. Regression analyses and matching approaches both show very few impacts of energy policy on export performance …

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Exchange rate transmission and export activity at the firm level

Lassmann, Andrea - 2013

-level export activity. Using precise survey data from a sample of Swiss firms, I find that an appreciation increases the … degree of international exposure. The likelihood of adjustments is increasing in firm-level export share in total turnover. I …

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Does export concentration cause volatility?

Busch, Christian J. - 2011

This paper investigates the causal influence of export concentration on measures of aggregate volatility …. Geographically disadvantaged countries often have a concentrated export structure which makes them more vulnerable to external shocks …. Identifying causal effects of export concentration on volatility faces severe problems of endogeneity, however. Based on a gravity …

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Hidden protectionism? Evidence from non-tariff barriers to trade in the United States

Grundke, Robert; Moser, Christoph - 2014

Are product standards protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non- compliance with U.S. product standards, using a new database on U.S. import refusals from 2002 to 2012. We find that import refusals significantly decrease exports to the United States. This trade reducing...

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The causal impact of common native language on international trade: Evidence from a spatial regression discontinuity design

Egger, Peter H.; Lassmann, Andrea - 2015

This paper studies the effect of sharing a common native language on international trade. Switzerland hosts three major native language groups which adjoin countries sharing the same native majority languages. In regions close to the internal language border the alternate major language is...

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Do autocratic states trade less?

Aidt, Toke S.; Gassebner, Martin - 2007

The paper analyzes whether the political regime of a country influences its involvement in international trade. Firstly, we develop a theoretical model that predicts that autocracies trade less than democracies. Secondly, we test the predictions of the model empirically using a panel of more...

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Energy reform in Switzerland: A quantification of carbon taxation and nuclear energy substitution effects

Egger, Peter; Nigai, Sergey - 2013

We develop a general equilibrium model of trade with multiple countries and industries in the spirit of Eaton and Kortum (2002) and Bernard, Eaton, Jensen, and Kortum (2003). We structurally estimate the parameters of the model and calibrate it to data on 33 OECD countries and one country that...

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Hidden Protectionism? Evidence from Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade in the United States

Grundke, Robert - 2014

Are product standards protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non-compliance with U.S. product standards, using a new database on U.S. import refusals from 2002 to 2012. We find that import refusals significantly decrease exports to the United States. This trade reducing...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039692

Energy Reform in Switzerland : A Quantification of Carbon Taxation and Nuclear Energy Substitution Effects

Egger, Peter H.; Nigai, Sergey - 2013

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Trend Fundamentals and Exchange Rate Dynamics

Huber, Florian - 2015

We estimate a multivariate unobserved components-stochastic volatility model to explain the dynamics of a panel of six exchange rates against the US dollar. The empirical model is based on the assumption that both countries' monetary policy strategies may be well described by Taylor rules with a...

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