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This paper show evidence that firms choose from a much larger set of internationalization modes than usually assumed in the international trade literature and that this choice is governed by similar selection processes than the one proposed by Helpman, Melitz, Yeaple (2004 AER). We rely on a...
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. At the industry level, the wage effects of export market participation are strongest for workers in plants belonging to …
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We present a gravity model that accounts for multilateral resistance, firm heterogeneity and country-selection into trade, while accommodating asymmetries in trade flows. A new equation for the proportion of exporting firms takes a gravity form, such that the extensive margin is also affected by...
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Firms play a critical role in the global economy. In this paper, we survey the behavior of firms in the international economy, both in theory and in the data. We first summarize the key empirical facts that motivate the study of firms in trade. Then, we detail recent theoretical developments on...
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Using a rich dataset on over 110,000 workers from nine European countries and the USA we study the wage response to industry dependence on foreign value added. We estimate a Mincerian wage model augmented with an input-output interindustry linkages measure accounting for task heterogeneity...
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A region can internationalise in various ways. The question is what type of internationalisation at regional level can be regarded as "smart" and what role should be played in it by foreign owned entities (FOEs)? The paper aims at identifying the role played by FOEs in NUTS-2 smart...
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This paper investigates the nature and pattern of export specialization in Lithuania. The aim of this paper is to … estimate the nature and pattern of Lithuanian export specialization under existing conditions. Seeking to define the nature and … pattern of export specialization, the basic methods of export specialization measurement and the nature and pattern of export …
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Czechia is one of the most export-oriented countries, reaching high levels of economic complexity. However, its … diversification path by identifying prospective export sectors which would enhance the country's competitiveness. We combine the … product space and proximity methodologies on predicted export data together with a company-level analysis. We identified …
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COVID-19 is expected to have contributed towards changing the geographical structure of world trade, including trade between individual EU countries and China. This article presents the results of an analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sino‑EU trade flows. The research aims to...
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The lack of information is a relevant obstacle to the export activity of small and medium enterprises. This paper … analyzes whether banks can support firms' export by reducing informational asymmetries about foreign markets. We exploit a … exogenous to firms' export decisions by relying on preexisting lending relationships and exploiting the acquisition of a firm …
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