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This paper aims to highlight some of the recent developments in global trade in services. It sets out three main objectives. Firstly, to analyse the increasing interdependence between global trade flows in goods and services against the background of rapid expansion of global production networks...
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This paper aims to highlight some of the recent developments in global trade in services. It sets out three main objectives. Firstly, to analyse the increasing interdependence between global trade flows in goods and services against the background of rapid expansion of global production networks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752194
This paper contributes to the literature by providing the first evidence on the link between innovation activities (measured by the share of engineers and scientists in the workforce) and exports of German business services firms based on a large representative longitudinal sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010902034
This study uses newly available representative data from German business services firms and a continuous treatment approach based on the generalized propensity score to test for a causal effect of R&D activities (measured by the share of engineers and natural scientists in all employees) on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010858062
This study uses newly available representative data from German business services firms and a continuous treatment approach based on the generalized propensity score to test for a causal effect of R&D activities (measured by the share of engineers and natural scientists in all employees) on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741446
This paper contributes to the literature by providing the first evidence on the link between innovation activities (measured by the share of engineers and scientists in the workforce) and exports of German business services firms based on a large representative longitudinal sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742115
An important requirement for the analysis of trade flows in relation to domestic industrial structure is the availability of a database covering information on trade flows,industry and firm characteristics. Such a database,as yet,does not exist in India. Thus,one is left to opt for the second...
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In this paper we assess the effectiveness of the Market Promotion Program (MPP) in increasing U.S. exports and benefitting U.S. agricultural producers and food processors. Export shipments are linked to producer welfare using Kohli's (1978) profit maximization (GNP function) approach to modeling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005382385
Using panel data for 29 industries, we test alternative specifications of Czech export and import functions. The balance of trade is primarily influenced by the real exchange rate, aggregate demand and tariff changes. Reduced growth of the Czech economy after 1996 was an important factor that...
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Intervention to support export initiatives is commonplace in both industrialised and developing countries. Historically this has been underpinned by a belief that exporting is good for growth. But the evidence base underpinning this belief has been macroeconomic, yet intervention has generally...
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