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their mode of export - either directly or indirectly through an intermediary. The model predicts that intermediaries will be …
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Between 1992 and 2002, the Japanese Import Price Index registered a decline of almost 9 percent and Japan entered a … period of deflation. We show that much of the correlation between import prices and domestic prices was due to formula biases …
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We examine the employment responses to import competition from China and to global export expansion from the United … import and export exposure is roughly balanced at the commuting zone level …, at both the industry level and the local commuting zone level, the global export expansion of US products also creates a …
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the self-selection of firms into export markets and their impact on trade volumes. We then develop a two-stage estimation …
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We introduce quality differentiation and an extensive margin of products into a standard quantitative, general equilibrium model of international trade. Both the quality and the quantity of a product play a role in its contribution both to consumption and to production. The framework allows...
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and joint ventures trade more and import more products from more source countries, but export fewer products to fewer … international trade and the importance of foreign ownership for firms' export and import decisions …
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Recent research in international trade emphasizes the importance of firms' extensive margins for understanding overall patterns of trade as well as how firms respond to specific events such as trade liberalization. In this paper, we use detailed U.S. trade statistics to provide a broad overview...
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Despite the fact that importing and exporting are extremely rare firm activities, economists generally devote little attention to the role of firms when discussing international trade. This paper summarizes key differences between trading and non-trading firms, demonstrates how these differences...
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This paper applies a novel empirical approach to characterising the horizontal-ness and vertical-ness of affiliates based on Yeaple's complex FDI concept. In its simplest form, horizontal-ness is measured as affiliates' local sales share while their vertical-ness is measures as their share of...
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allow for different import intensities for different components of aggregate demand (specifically, consumption versus …
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