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Upstart Industrialization and Exports, Japan 1880-1910
Meissner, Christopher M. - 2017
Japanese exports between 1880 and 1910 increased massively in volume, changed composition, and shifted away from … new disaggregated data set of the bilateral-product level exports for the universe of Japanese trade partners, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954913
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The Intensive Margin in Trade
Fernandes, Ana M. - 2018
. Using the World Bank's Exporter Dynamics Database (EDD) featuring firm-level exports from 50 countries, we find that around … 50% of variation in exports is along the extensive margin --- a quantitative victory for the Melitz framework. The … remaining 50% on the intensive margin (exports per exporting firm) contradicts a special case of Melitz with Pareto …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908824
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Commodity Exports, Invisible Exports and Terms of Trade for the Middle Colonies, 1720 to 1775
Mancall, Peter C. - 2010
to the role of exports as a stimulus for economic growth. Yet their analyses have been handicapped by reliance on one or … present new comprehensive export measures for the middle colonies. We find that aggregate exports in constant prices grew very …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758391
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Commodity Trade and the Carry Trade : A Tale of Two Countries
Ready, Robert C. - 2013
Persistent differences in interest rates across countries account for much of the profitability of currency carry trade strategies. "Commodity currencies'' tend to have high interest rates while low interest rate currencies belong to exporters of finished goods. This pattern arises in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076915
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The Role of Technological Change in Green Growth
Popp, David - 2014
By reducing the costs of environmental protection, technological change is important for promoting green growth. This entails both the creation of new technologies and more widespread deployment of existing green technologies. This paper reviews the literature on environmentally friendly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013065135
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The Environmental Regime in Developing Countries
Jha, Raghbendra; Whalley, John - 2021
This paper discusses the environmental externalities that are commonly found in the developing world (the environmental regime) along with the policy responses, if any, commonly used to deal with these. Included are the effects of industrial emissions, air and water quality impacts of untreated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013223057
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Does Copyright Piracy Pay? The Effects of U.S. International Copyright Laws on the Market for Books, 1790-1920
Khan, B. Zorina - 2021
Does the lack of international copyrights benefit or harm developing countries? I examine the effects of U.S. copyright piracy during a period when the U.S. was itself a developing country. U.S. statutes since 1790 protected the copyrights of American citizens, but until 1891 deemed the works of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218341
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Firm Exports and Multinational Activity Under Credit Constraints
Manova, Kalina - 2011
This paper provides firm-level evidence that credit constraints restrict international trade flows and affect the sectoral pattern of multinational activity. Using detailed customs data from China, we show that foreign affiliates and joint ventures have better export performance than private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127980
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Why World Exports are so Susceptible to the Economic Crisis --The Prevailing "Export Overshooting" Phenomenon
Liu, Bih Jane - 2011
exports from their long-run level. We study the export trends of a sample of 37 countries including both OECD and non …-OECD countries over the period of 1994-2009. We find that exports overshot their equilibrium value during economic crises and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128969
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Deductions from the Export Basket : Capabilities, Wealth and Trade
Sutton, John - 2011
This paper re-explores the relation between a country's level of wealth and the mix of products it exports. We argue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129123