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The impact of international trade on firm productivity is tested by accounting for firms' import as well as export status for a large panel of Irish manufacturing firms. Two-way traders and exporters-only are found to be the most productive firms, with a significant gap between them and...
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Using firm level data across 99 developing and transition economies, we explore the productivity differences between firms depending on their export status and the gender of their owners. We find that female-owned exporters have roughly half the exporter productivity premium of comparable male...
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the intensive margin, we find that SEZs increase the value of exports, but only in countries with barriers to imports …'s probability of exporting, export intensity, and value of exports. At the extensive margin, we find that SEZ firms in open …
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The goal of the paper is to decompose gross exports/imports to/from Germany for seven selected economies in Central and …
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This paper addresses the lack of connection between theory and empirics in most export diversification - economic development studies. We provide a Ricardian-based theoretical explanation of countries' relative export variety as a function of the level of technology and country size assessed...
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This paper aims to assess the impact of determinants on service exports in both value added terms and in gross terms … productivity and highly-skilled and medium-skilled workers for growth in services trade. Exports of services are also supported by … the determinants are fairly similar when exports are measured in value added terms or in gross terms, however the strength …
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and the EU. Using administrative data on the universe of Irish exporters, we compare exporters with different levels of …
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This paper presents empirical evidence on the diversification process concerning Polish exports (1994-2010), compared … to European and global samples of countries. It analyzes both the commodity structure of Polish trade and the … geographical diversification of Poland's trading partners. The analysis draws on highly disaggregated data on exports (HS 6digit …
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The main objective of this paper is to assess the impact of selected determinants on both exports in value added and … exports in gross terms for seven CEE economies, based on 13 manufacturing subsectors and for the period 1995-2011. The results …) are fairly similar when exports are measured in value added or in gross terms. The results indicate a greater impact of …
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important positive determinant of intra-industry productivity growth in European countries. Exports and imports alike can be …The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of trade in productivity growth in a sample of 30 sectors in 25 EU … influence on intra-industry productivity growth in the EU. …
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