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Bernard, Andrew B. - 1998

This paper examines the decision to enter the export market by German firms. While exports have played an important role in recent German business cycle movements, little is known about the export supply response of German firms. This paper presents a dynamic model of the export decision by a...

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Negotiating for the Market

Gans, Joshua S. - 2014

In a dynamic environment where underlying competition is "for the market," this paper examines what happens when entrants and incumbents can instead negotiate for the market. For instance, this might arise when an entrant innovator can choose to license to or be acquired by an incumbent firm;...

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Does the Use of Worker Flows Improve the Analysis of Establishment Turnover? Evidence from German Administrative Data

Hethey-Maier, Tanja - 2013

work. This paper evaluates the use of the worker flow methodology using a dataset from Germany, the Establishment History …

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Productivity and the Decision to Export : Micro Evidence from Taiwan and South Korea

Aw, Bee Yan - 1998

While there is widespread empirical evidence indicating exporting producers have higher productivity than nonexporters, the mechanisms that generate this pattern are less clear. One view is that exporters acquire knowledge of new production methods, inputs, and product designs from their...

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Anonymous Market and Group Ties in International Trade

Casella, Alessandra - 1997

When trade involves differentiated products, preferential ties to a group settled abroad facilitate an exporter's entry into the foreign market by providing information and access to distribution channels. This contrasts with the difficulties experienced by an unattached producer unfamiliar with...

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Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents from Innovation : Personal Computers in the Late 1980's

Bresnahan, Timothy F. - 1996

This paper evaluates the sources of transitory market power in the market for personal computers (PCs) during the late 1980's. Our analysis is motivated by the coexistence of low entry barriers into the PC industry and high rates of innovative investment by a small number of PC manufacturers. We...

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A Comment on Nishimura, Nakajima, and Kiyota's "Does the natural selection mechanism still work in severe recessions? Examination of the Japanese economy in the 1990s"

Okada, Tae - 2007

Nishimura et al. (2005) analyze the entry/exit behavior of Japanese firms during the 1990s and find that relatively efficient firms exited while relatively inefficient firms survived during the banking-crisis period of 1996-97. They conclude that the natural selection mechanism (NSM) apparently...

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Local Academic Science Driving Organizational Change : The Adoption of Biotechnology by Japanese Firms

Darby, Michael R. - 1999

existing firms or -- much more frequently -- exploited by new entrants in the U.S. In Japan this new dominant technology has … organizational change is necessary for incumbent firms to remain competitive and, ultimately, to survive. Japan's sharply higher … organizational change/new entry ratio compared to the U.S. during the biotech revolution is related to Japan's relatively compact …

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Entry and Profits in an Aging Economy : The Role of Consumer Inertia

Bornstein, Gideon - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

Over the past four decades, the U.S. economy has seen a decline in the share of young firms alongside a rise in the profit share of GDP. This paper explores how population aging contributes to these twin trends through a demand-side channel. The core hypothesis is that younger households exhibit...

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No Country for Dying Firms : Evidence from India

Chatterjee, Shoumitro; Krishna, Kala; Padmakumar, Kalyani; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

This paper identifies exit barriers as a new reason for India's underdeveloped manufacturing sector. These barriers not only deter entry but also trap resources in unproductive firms. We document that Indian institutions generate such barriers and provide causal evidence of their effects. Using...

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