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Export and import market-specific characteristics : how they drive the decision to trade and how much

Serti, Francesco; Tomasi, Chiara - In: Empirical economics : a journal of the Institute for … 47 (2014) 4, pp. 1467-1496

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Intermediate inputs and the export gravity equation

Navas, Antonio; Serti, Francesco; Tomasi, Chiara - 2013

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Export and import market-specific characteristics

Serti, Francesco; Tomasi, Chiara - In: Empirical Economics 47 (2014) 4, pp. 1467-1496

by considering firms’ engagement in international transactions, by focusing on either exports or imports. We show that … variations in market characteristics have a larger impact on imports than exports. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg …

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Intermediate Inputs and the Export Gravity Equation

Navas, Antonio; Serti, Francesco; Tomasi, Chiara - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2013

exporting firms also use foreign intermediate inputs, the impact of traditional gravity forces on exports also depends on import … elasticities of exports to distance and market size depend on firms' importing activities. …

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Self selection among different export markets

Serti, Francesco; Tomasi, Chiara - In: Economics Letters 117 (2012) 1, pp. 102-105

Using a rich database on Italian manufacturing firms, we test the hypothesis that self-selection mechanisms differ from market to market. We observe significant ex ante productivity differences between firms starting to export to distinct geographical areas. Country characteristics such as size,...

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Financial constraints and firm exports: Accounting for heterogeneity, self-selection and endogeneity

Secchi, Angelo; Tamagni, Federico; Tomasi, Chiara - 2014

The paper examines the causal effect of financial constraints on firm exports. We exploit a firm-level proxy of … strategy allows to cure for self-selection into exports and endogeneity of financial constraints. At the same time, we can … exports of within firm changes in financial constraints status. We find that financial constraints produce a sizable reduction …

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Self-selection along different export and import markets

Serti, Francesco; Tomasi, Chiara - 2009

How are firms' performances influenced by the specific characteristics of markets where exports are directed and … destinations of exports and different origins of imports map into distinctive firm characteristics. Second, we test the hypothesis …

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Firms in international trade: Importers and exporters heterogeneity in Italian manufacturing data

Castellani, Davide; Serti, Francesco; Tomasi, Chiara - 2008

This paper offers a portrait of Italian firms that trade goods. Combining data on firms' structural characteristics and economic performance with data on their exporting and importing activity, we uncover evidence supporting recent theories on firm heterogeneity and international trade, together...

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Firm heterogeneity: Do destinations of exports and origins of imports matter?

Serti, Francesco; Tomasi, Chiara - 2008

heterogeneity among firms trading with different type of markets. We show that different destinations of exports and different …

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The links between internationalization, skills and wages: The role of differences across firms and across partner countries

Serti, Francesco; Tomasi, Chiara; Zanfei, Antonello - 2010

exports, imports or a combination of the two. We show that failing to control for the importing activities may bias upward …

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