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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...
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Is the Washington consensus dead? : growth, openness, and the great liberation, 1970s - 2000s
Estevadeordal, Antoni; Taylor, Alan M. - 2009
According to the Washington Consensus, developing countries’ growth would benefit from reductions in barriers to trade. However, the empirical basis for judging trade reforms is weak. Econometrics are mostly ad hoc; results are typically not judged against models; policies are poorly measured;...
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Revisiting the effect of the Great Liberalization on the growth of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1980-2010
Merchán, Federico; Moreira, Mauricio Mesquita - 2020
As Latin America and the Caribbeans "Great Liberalization" reaches its 30th anniversary, we revisit the trade and growth debate by updating and expanding Estevadeordal and Taylors 2013 paper. To better understand the regions heterogeneity of policies and outcomes, we extend this analysis to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153213
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Trade, foreign inputs and firms’ decisions : theory and evidence
Bas, Maria - 2009
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Handelsliberaliseringers betydning for den danske udenrigshandel med halvfabrikata
Lüthje, Teit - 1999
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Development accounting with intermediate goods
Grobovšek, Jan - 2011
Do intermediate goods help explain relative and aggregate productivity differences across countries? Three observations … depresses aggregate productivity and increases the price ratio of final goods to services. Applying the model to data for middle … intermediate production efficiency of the US, the aggregate productivity gap between the lowest and highest income countries in the …
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Do imports of intermediate inputs generate higher productivity? : evidence from Ecuadorian manufacturing firms
Camino Mogro, Segundo; Pinzón, Kathia; … - 2020
International trade has been stated as one of the most important mean of improving firms' productivity, being the … contribute to local firm's productivity performance by incorporating better inputs in their production processes. This paper … of manufacturing formal firms in Ecuador, and, the causal relationship between the import decision and firm productivity …
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Globalization, product differentiation and wage inequality
Bastos, Paulo; Straume, Odd Rune - 2010
This paper develops a two-country, general equilibrium model of oligopoly in which the degree of horizontal product differentiation is endogenously determined by firms strategic investments in product innovation. Consumers seek variety and product innovation is more skill intensive than...
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Product mix and firm productivity responses to trade competition
Mayer, Thierry; Melitz, Marc J.; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. - 2016
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Productivity and firm selection : quantifying the "new" gains from trade
Corcos, Gregory; Del Gatto, Massimo; Mion, Giordano; … - 2009
; Gains from Trade ; Total Factor Productivity …
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