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Sectoral R&D intensity and exchange rate volatility: a panel study for OECD countries
Mahagaonkar, Prashanth; Schweickert, Rainer; Chavali, … - 2009
A recent literature has pointed at potential negative effects of exchange rate volatility on innovation. In this paper, we propose that there may be a direct effect as well as an indirect effect via export activity. We test these hypotheses for sectoral R&D intensities using OECD panel data for...
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Why do within firm-product export prices differ across markets?
Görg, Holger; Halpern, László; Muraközy, Balázs - 2010
Hungarian exports between Germany and the US are about 30%. We also show that unit values are positively related to GDP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265841
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What makes a successful export?
Görg, Holger; Kneller, Richard Anthony; Muraközy, Balázs - 2008
We analyse a very rich and unique panel database which provides information on exports at the firm-product level. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272965
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Covid-19 shocking global value chains
Eppinger, Peter S.; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Krebs, Oliver; … - 2020
In early 2020, the disease Covid-19 caused a drastic lockdown of the Chinese economy. We use a quantitative trade model with input-output linkages to gauge the effects of this adverse supply shock in China on the global economy through international trade and global value chains (GVCs). We find...
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To Russia with love? The impact of sanctions on regime support
Gold, Robert; Hinz, Julian; Valsecchi, Michele - 2023
Do economic sanctions affect internal support of sanctioned countries' governments? To answer this question, we focus on the sanctions imposed on Russia in 2014 and identify their effect on voting behavior in both presidential and parliamentary elections. On the economic side, the sanctions...
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Foreign ownership and the export and import propensities of developing-country firms
Boddin, Dominik; Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - 2015
This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership affects the likelihood of manufacturers in developing countries to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences across firms in terms of labor...
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World market access of emerging-market firms: The role of foreign ownership and access to external finance
Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - 2013
This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Investment Climate Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership and access to external finance affect the likelihood of manufacturers in emerging markets to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316023
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On the Coexistence of National Companies and Multinational Enterprises
Kleinert, Jörn - 2003
National and multinational companies coexist in many sectors of all developed countries. However, economic models fail to reproduce this fact because of the assumption of symmetry between companies. To show that the symmetry assumption is the reason for this failure, a two-country general...
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How foreign-born workers foster exports
Marchal, Léa; Nedoncelle, Clément - 2017
foreign markets. We illustrate that foreign workers foster exports at the extensive and the intensive margins. This effect can … find that foreign-born workers, and especially skilled individuals, foster exports at both margins. On average, a firm … employing foreign-born workers exports 30% more in value than a control firm. We find evidence that this increase is spread over …
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Overseas links as export conduits
Hanley, Aoife - 2009
This paper investigates the relationship between exports and overseas links using data from the UK Community Innovation …
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