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The effect of trade openness on optimal government size under endogenous firm entry

Hanslin, Sandra - 2008

as the opening up of product markets between two countries, which may differ in total factor productivity, factor …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894013

Multiproduct multinationals and the quality of innovation

Bakhtiari, Sasan; Minniti, Antonio; Naghavi, Alireza - 2013

This research sheds light on the role of product scope on the innovation activity of multinational multi-product firms. We use patent citation data to break down innovation into two types by measuring the degree to which innovation performed by firms is fundamental and the extent to which the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010189433

Productivity and firm selection : quantifying the "new" gains from trade

Corcos, Gregory; Del Gatto, Massimo; Mion, Giordano; … - 2009

; Gains from Trade ; Total Factor Productivity …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008840049

Trade complexity and productivity

Békés, Gábor; Altomonte, Carlo - 2009

investigate the relation between firms' trading activities (importing, exporting or both) and productivity. We find important self … correlated within firms, failing to control for the importing activity leads to overstated average productivity premia of … exporters. -- Trade openness ; Firms' Heterogeneity ; Productivity …

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Flexibility in Trade Bloc Design

Melatos, Mark; Dunn, Stephanie - 2010

A key characteristic of any trade bloc is its “flexibility” – the extent to which it can be modified or augmented by existing members. This paper investigates how prospective trade bloc members value the flexibility of proposed trade agreements in a changing trading environment. We...

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Agglomeration, integration, and territorial authority scale in a system of trading cities : centralisation versus devolution

Del Gatto, Massimo - 2004

This paper emphasises the importance of the political-institutional dimension in the understanding of the spatial distribution of economic activity. We introduce the notion of Territorial Authority Scale, which refers to the degree of devolution (towards sub-national tiers of government)...

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Free trade networks

Furusawa, Taiji; Konishi, Hideo - 2003

The paper examines the formation of free trade agreements (FTAs) as a network formation game. We consider a general n-country model in which countries trade differentiated industrial commodities as well as a numeraire good. Countries may be different in the size of the industrial good industry...

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Can multinationals withstand growing trade barriers?

Ghodsi, Mahdi; Vujanović, Nina; Landesmann, Michael - 2024

have higher productivity, those with full foreign ownership representation, those that are embedded within a larger …

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Concentration in international markets : evidence from US imports

Bonglioli, Alessandra; Crinò, Rosario; Gancia, Gino … - 2019

We use transaction-level data to study changes in the concentration of US imports. Concentration has fallen in the typical industry, while it is stable by industry and country of origin. The fall in concentration is driven by the extensive margin: the number of exporting firm has grown, and the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979247

Firms and economic performance : a view from trade

Bonfiglioli, Alessandra; Crinò, Rosario; Gancia, Gino … - 2018 - This draft: November 2018

We use transaction-level US import data to compare firms from virtually all countries in the world competing in a single destination market. Guided by a simple theoretical framework, we decompose countries' market shares into the contribution of the number of firm-products, their average...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011933430

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