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Firms' Exporting Behavior under Quality Constraints

Hallak, Juan Carlos; Sivadasan, Jagadeesh - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2011

We develop a model of international trade with two dimensions of firm heterogeneity and export quality constraints that … manifest as higher variable trade costs for lower quality firms. In addition to "productivity", firms are also heterogeneous in … strong support for the model. We also investigate the sources of export quality constraints using firm-level trade shipment …

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Why are Goods and Services more Expensive in Rich Countries? Demand Complementarities and Cross-Country Price Differences

Murphy, Daniel - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2013

explanation within a static Krugman (1980)-style model of international trade featuring differentiated tradable goods. Extended …

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Gains from Offshoring? Evidence from U.S. Microdata

Monarch, Ryan; Park, Jooyoun; Sivadasan, Jagadeesh - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2013

We construct a new linked data set with over one thousand offshoring events by matching Trade Adjustment Assistance …

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Knowledge Transfer Under Subcontracting: Evidence from Czech Firms.

Deardorff, A.V.; Djankov, S. - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2000

We investigate the significance of subcontracting arrangements as a source of knowledge transfer and increased efficiency for Czech firms during 1993 through 1996. We draw on detailed enterprise surveys and interviews with the managers of 373 manufacturing firms in the Prague region. The results...

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Firms, Destinations, and Aggregate Fluctuations

Giovanni, Julian di; Levchenko, Andrei A.; Méjean, Isabelle - Research Seminar in International Economics, University …

This paper uses a database covering the universe of French firms for the period 1990-2007 to provide a forensic account of the role of individual firms in generating aggregate fluctuations. We set up a simple multi-sector model of heterogeneous firms selling to multiple markets to motivate a...

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A Global View of Cross-Border Migration

Giovanni, Julian di; Levchenko, Andrei A.; Ortega, Francesc - Research Seminar in International Economics, University …

inherently multi-country nature of both migration and other forms of integration, such as international trade and remittance …

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Comparative Advantage and the Welfare Impact of European Integration

Levchenko, Andrei A.; Zhang, Jing - Research Seminar in International Economics, University …

This paper investigates the welfare gains from European trade integration, and the role of comparative advantage in … in the 2000s to a counterfactual scenario in which East European countries are closed to trade. For West European … countries, the mean welfare gain from trade integration with Eastern Europe is 0.16%, ranging from zero for Portugal to 0.4% for …

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India and the WTO: Issues and Negotiating Strategies (Description and Table of Contents)

Stern, Robert M.; Barua, Alokesh - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2010

. The book addresses a number of salient issues, including: why trade liberalization might be beneficial for both developed …

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The Japanese Economy in Retrospect: Selected Papers of Gary R. Saxonhouse (Description and Table of Contents)

Stern, Robert M.; Wright, Gavin; Patrick, Hugh - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2010

Gary R Saxonhouse was one of the leading world scholars on Japanese economy. Born in New York City in 1943, he attended Yale University, where he received his PhD in Economics in 1971. He joined the Faculty of Economics at the University of Michigan beginning in 1970, where he taught throughout...

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Issues of Trade and International Labor Standards in the WTO System.

Stern, R.M. - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 1996

The initial motivation for this paper was to consider whether international labor standards should be incorporated into the rules and mandate of the WTO.

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