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Carballo, Jeronimo; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Volpe … - 2016

predictions are borne out by our data and discuss their welfare implications in terms of gains from trade. …

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Firm Heterogeneity and Exports in The Netherlands: Identifying Export Potential

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; van Maarseveen, Raoul; … - 2017

Stimulating firms to become exporters is of interest to policy makers, as exporters are in general more productive than non-exporters. However, selecting high export potentials is difficult in practice. The contribution of this paper is to characterize and identify these (high) export...

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Trust No One? Security and International Trade

Carballo, Jerónimo; Schaur, Georg; Volpe Martincus, … - 2016

, which may potentially negatively affect international trade. Customs around the world have therefore implemented security …-motivated certification programs to facilitate licit trade. These programs offer trustworthy trading firms, i.e., Authorized Economic …

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Do economic integration and fiscal competition help to explain location patterns?

Volpe Martincus, Christian - 2004

Do trade integration and fiscal competition contribute to shape the economic landscape? The answer is yes. This paper … 1990-1998 to address this question. Brazil is a natural case study because this country liberalized trade during the 1990s … and their sub-national governments engaged in a fiscal dispute. Econometric results show that trade liberalization has had …

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Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions: On Revealed Comparative Advantage And Merger Waves

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; van Marrewijk, Charles - 2007

By combining two large data sets (on international trade flows and cross-border mergers and acquisitions – M&As), we …

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Looking for multiple equilibria when geography matters : German city growth and the WWII shock

Bosker, E. Maarten; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - 2005

Many modern trade and growth models are characterized by multiple equilibria. In theory the analysis of multiple …

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Adding geography to the new economic geography

Bosker, E. Maarten; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - 2007

regarding the impact of e.g. diminishing trade costs are based on these simple models. When doing empirical or policy work these …

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Cross-border mergers and acquisitions : on revealed comparative advantage and merger waves

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; van Marrewijk, Charles - 2005

By combining two large data sets (on international trade flows and on mergers and acquisitions – M&As), we are able to …

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Agglomeration and aid

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; van Marrewijk, Charles - 2006

A key issue in development economics is the explanation of core-periphery patterns around the world. Combining this issue with that of analyzing unilateral transfers (e.g. foreign aid) points in the direction of the use of New Economic Geography (NEG) models which, so far, has not been done...

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Unlocking the value of cross-border mergers and acquisitions

Brakman, Steven; Garita, Gus; Garretsen, Harry; van … - 2008

understanding FDI. However, given the stylized fact that trade barriers (e.g. transportation costs and financial barriers) have …

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