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Are unit export values correct measures of the exports' qualtity?
Szczygielski, Krzysztof; Grabowski, Wojciech - 2009
It has become common to measure the quality of exports using their unit export value (UEV). Applications of this method include studies of intra-industry trade (IIT) and analyses of industrial "competitiveness". This literature seems to assume that export quality and export price (the most...
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Declining export prices due to increased competition from NIC : evidence from Germany and the CEEC
Gundel, Sebastian (contributor) - 2007
In this paper the export demand and supply of German manufacturing industry is estimated for the period 1993:1 through 2005:4. The Johansen (1991, 1994) procedure is applied to estimate the long-run relationship in a VECM. Special attention is pointed on the development of the German export...
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Import competition and firm productivity : evidence from German manufacturing
Bräuer, Richard; Mertens, Matthias; Slavtchev, Viktor - 2019
This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm-level panel data from German manufacturing. We find that only import competition from high-income countries is associated with positive incentives for firms to invest in...
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The hidden cost of globalization : import competition and mental distress
Colantone, Italo; Crinò, Rosario; Ogliari, Laura - 2015
We study the effect of import competition on workers' mental distress. To this purpose, we source information on the mental health of British workers from the British Household Panel Survey, and combine it with measures of import competition in more than 100 industries over 2001-2007. We find an...
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Rethinking Prices and Markets Underlying Price-Competitiveness Indicators
Felettigh, Alberto - 2019
, where all countries compete; and non-euro-area markets, where, similarly, all countries compete. Whereas France and Germany … in Italy and in Germany …
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Reassessing Price-Competitiveness Indicators of the Four Largest Euro-Area Countries and of Their Main Trading Partners
Felettigh, Alberto - 2016
measures. However, the competitiveness gap in 2014 vis-à-vis Germany remained unchanged in Italy and Spain, while it increased … marginally in France. The cumulative trend for 1999-2014 in France, Germany and Spain was more favorable vis-à-vis euro …
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Does energy policy hurt international competitiveness of firms? : a comparative study for Germany, Switzerland and Austria
Rammer, Christian; Gottschalk, Sandra; Peneder, Michael; … - 2016
-level data from three countries with similar industry structure but different energy policies: Germany, Switzerland, and Austria …
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The Effects of European Economic Integration on the Profitability of Industries
Hakura, Dalia - 2006
This paper examines the effects of intensified international competition on industry profits in six European Union (EU) countries. The paper uses two methods to estimate industry profits. The traditional method uses accounting data to obtain a measure of gross price-average cost margins. The...
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Foreign Competition and Executive Compensation in the Manufacturing Industry – a Comparison between Germany and the U.S
Dyballa, Katharina - 2018
impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S and (3 … covering the period from 1984-2010 for Germany respectively 1992-2011 for the U.S and apply system GMM in order to solve … compensation in both countries. The impact of foreign competition on payperformance sensitivity differs between the US and Germany …
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Globalization, fertility and marital behavior in a lowest-low fertility setting
Giuntella, Osea; Rotunno, Lorenzo; Stella, Luca - 2022
the fertility and marital behavior in Germany, until recently a lowest-low fertility setting. We find that exposure to …
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