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Domestic Constraints, Firm Characteristics, and Geographical Diversification of Firm-Level Manufacturing Exports in Africa

Yoshino, Yutaka - 2008

Using firm-level data on manufacturing sectors in Africa, this paper addresses how domestic supply constraints and other firm characteristics explain the geographical orientation of firms' exports and the overall market diversification of African manufacturing exports. The degree of market...

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Imports of Intermediate Inputs and Country Size

Amin, Mohammad - 2017

developing countries. Recent evidence indicates that the use of imported inputs can have a large, positive effect on productivity …

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Local Intermediate Inputs and the Shared Supplier Spillovers of Foreign Direct Investment

Kee, Hiau Looi - 2018

1/4 of the product scope expansion and 1/3 of the productivity gains within domestic firms …

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Does Vertical Specialization Increase Productivity?

Constantinescu, Cristina - 2018

This paper investigates the impact of global value chain participation on productivity, using data on trade in value … 15 years suggest that participation in global value chains is a significant driver of labor productivity. Backward …. An increase by 10 percent in the level of global value chain participation increased average productivity by close to 1 …

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Tax Evasion Through Trade Intermediation : Evidence from Chinese Exporters

Liu, Xuepeng - 2017

Many production firms use intermediary trading firms to export indirectly. This paper uses Chinese export data at the transaction level to investigate the tax evasion motive through indirect trade. The paper provides strong evidence that, under China's partial export value-added tax rebate...

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Timeliness and Contract Enforceability in Intermediate Goods Trade

Gamberoni, Elisa - 2017

This paper shows that the institutional environment and the ability to export on time are sources of comparative advantage as important as factors of production. In particular, the ability to export on time is crucial to explain comparative advantage in intermediate goods. These findings...

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Export Destinations and Input Prices

Verhoogen, Eric A. - 2017

This paper examines the extent to which the destination of exports matters for the input prices paid by firms, using detailed customs and firm-product-level data from Portugal. The authors use exchange rate movements as a source of variation in export destinations and find that exporting to...

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Trade Facilitation in Services : Concepts and Empirical Importance

Gillson, Ian - 2020

This paper examines the concept of trade facilitation in services from the perspective of the recent literature on the determinants of services trade. The aim is to conceptualize trade facilitation in this area as a dimension of international integration beyond the baseline restrictiveness of...

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Exporters Dynamics and the Role of Imports in Argentina

Arnoletto, Matias - 2020

disaggregated firm-level customs transaction data for imports and exports, the paper documents the progressive retreat of Argentine …

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Import Uncertainty and Export Dynamics

Vijil, Mariana - 2019

estimator to investigate how unpredictability in border clearance times for imports affects manufacturing firms' entry, exit …

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