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Firm Dynamics, Job Turnover, and Wage Distributions in an Open Economy

Cosar, A. Kerem; Guner, Nezih; Tybout, James - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2013

This paper explores the combined effects of reductions in trade frictions, tariffs, and firing costs on firm dynamics, job turnover, and wage distributions. It uses establishment-level data from Colombia to estimate an open economy dynamic model that links trade to job flows in a new way. The...

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Comparative advantage and heterogeneous firms

Bernard, Andrew B.; Redding, Stephen; Schott, Peter K. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper presents a model of international trade that features heterogeneous firms, relative endowment differences across countries, and consumer taste for variety. The paper demonstrates that firm reactions to trade liberalization generate endogenous Ricardian productivity responses at the...

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Modeling Firm Heterogeneity in International Trade: Do Structural Effects Matter?

Roson, Roberto; Oyamada, Kazuhiko - Dipartimento di Economia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia - 2014

This paper analyzes the qualitative properties of a multisectoral, multiregional computable general equilibrium model where some industries include heterogeneous firms as in Melitz (2003). The model, formulated according to Roson, R. and Oyamada (2014), adds endogenous productivity effects to a...

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INTERNATIONAL PATENTING STRATEGIES WITH HETEROGENEOUS FIRMS

Zolas, Nikolas J. - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2014

This paper analyzes how firms decide where to patent in a heterogeneous firm model of trade with endogenous rival entry. In the model, innovating firms compete with rival firms on price, where rivals force the innovating firm to reduce markups and lower the innovating firm's probability of...

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Introducing Melitz-Style Firm Heterogeneity in CGE Models: Technical Aspects and Implications

Roson, Roberto; Oyamada, Kazuhiko - Istituto di Economia e Politica dell'Energia e … - 2014

This paper discusses which changes in the architecture of a standard CGE model are needed in order to introduce effects of trade and firm heterogeneity à la Melitz. Starting from a simple specification with partial equilibrium, one primary production factor and one industry, the framework is...

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Modeling Firm Heterogeneity in International Trade: Do Structural Effects Matter?

Roson, Roberto; Oyamada, Kazuhiko - Istituto di Economia e Politica dell'Energia e … - 2014

This paper analyzes the qualitative properties of a multisectoral, multiregional computable general equilibrium model where some industries include heterogeneous firms as in Melitz (2003). The model, formulated according to Roson and Oyamada (2014), adds endogenous productivity effects to a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010940851

International trade and retailing: Diversity versus accessibility and the creation of retail deserts

Eckel, Carsten - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2007

The retail sectors in many industrialized countries have experienced a large increase in concentration and the appearance of so-called \retail deserts\, areas of low retail provision. This study addresses the role of international trade in this process. The analysis shows that by raising product...

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International Trade, Flexible Manufacturing and Outsourcing

Eckel, Carsten - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2005

This study analyzes the impact of international trade on the diffusion of flexible manufacturing in a general equilibrium framework. Suppliers produce a flexible base product that can be adapted to the specific input requirements of a continuum of downstream industries. The vertical structure is...

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Legal Reform, Contract Enforcement and Firm Size in Mexico

Dougherty, Sean - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Legal systems provide the basic institutions for firms and markets to operate. Their quality can have important … system quality across states in Mexico to examine the relationship between judicial quality and firm size. Although the … judicial quality is observed on the firm size distribution and efficiency, instrumenting for underlying historical determinants …

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The short and long-run impact of globalization if firms differ in factor input ratios

Emami Namini, Julian - In: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 38 (2014) C, pp. 37-64

Empirical evidence has shown that exporters are more capital intensive than non-exporters. Based on this evidence, I construct a two-factor general equilibrium model with firm heterogeneity in factor intensities, monopolistic competition, scale economies and international trade. This setting can...

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