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Further simulation evidence on the performance of the Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood estimator

Santos Silva, Joao; Tenreyro, Silvana - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

We extend the simulation results given in Santos-Silva and Tenreyro (2006, ‘The Log of Gravity’, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 88, pp.641-658) by considering data generated as a finite mixture of gamma variates. Data generated in this way can naturally have a large proportion of...

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Exporters, importers and credit constraints

Muûls, Mirabelle - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

This paper analyses the interaction between credit constraints and trading behaviour. I construct a unique dataset containing firm-level trade transactions data, balance sheets and credit scores from an independent credit insurance company for Belgian manufacturing firms between 1999 and 2007....

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Competing for contacts: network competition, trade intermediation and fragmented duopoly

Petropoulou, Dimitra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

A two-sided, pair-wise matching model is developed to analyse the strategic interaction between two information intermediaries who compete in commission rates and network size, giving rise to a fragmented duopoly market structure. The model suggests that network competition between information...

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Falling trade costs, heterogeneous firms and industry dynamics

Bernard, Andrew B.; Bradford Jensen, J.; Schott, Peter K. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

costs over time and industries. As the models predict, productivity growth is faster in industries with falling trade costs …

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Intra-firm trade and product contractibility (Long Version)

Bernard, Andrew B.; Redding, Stephen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

This paper examines the determinants of intra-firm trade in U.S. imports using detailed countryproductdata. We create a new measure of product contractibility based on the degree ofintermediation in international trade for the product. We find important roles for the interaction ofcountry and...

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Geographic concentration and the temporal scope of agglomeration economics: an index decomposition

Wren, Colin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

The paper decomposes a geographical concentration index to examine the temporal scope of a spillover, which is the period of time over which one firm’s activity directly affects the location of other firms’ activities. Natural advantages are fixed over reasonably long time periods, but if...

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The territorial dynamics of innovation in China and India

Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Storper, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

This article analyses the geography of innovation in China and India. Using a tailor-made panel database for regions in these two countries, we show that both countries exhibit increasingly strong polarization of innovative capacity in a limited number of urban areas. But the factors behind this...

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Infrastructure and regional growth in the European Union

Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

- has contributed to regional growth in the EU between 1990 and 2004. It analyses infrastructure in relationship to other … factors which may condition economic growth, such as innovation, migration, and the local 'social filter', taking also into … relatively poor predictor of economic growth and that regional growth in the EU results from a combination of an adequate 'social …

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Specialization and regional economic development

Kemeny, Thomas; Storper, Michael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

Debates about urban growth and change often center on specialization.However, arguments linking specialization to …

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My Precious! the location and diffusion of scientific research: evidence from the synchrotron diamond light source

Helmers, Christian; Overman, Henry G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

We analyze the impact of the establishment of a GBP 380 million basic scientific research facility in the UK on the geographical distribution of related research. We investigate whether the siting of the Diamond Light Source, a 3rd generation synchrotron light source, in Oxfordshire induced a...

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