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Using quantile regression and a rich cross section data set for German manufacturing plants this paper documents that the impact of plant characteristics on export activities varies along the conditional size distribution of the export/sales ratio.
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, Melitz and Yeaple in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to serve foreign markets either trough exports …
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This paper analyses the relationship between firm productivity and export behavior in German manufacturing firms. We examine whether productivity increases the probability of exporting, and assert that there is a causal relationship from high productivity to entering foreign markets, as...
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This paper tests some of the predictions of recent advances in trade theory that have focused on different trade patterns of firms within the same sector. Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple (2005) develop a model in which innate productivity differences between firms determine the degree of...
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, Melitz and Yeaple in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to serve foreign markets either trough exports …
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We derive exact conditions relating the distributions of firm productivity, sales, output, and markups to the form of demand in monopolistic competition. Applications include a new “CREMR” demand function (Constant Revenue Elasticity of Marginal Revenue): it is necessary and sufficient for...
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allow an intermediary to issue the invoice for a transaction and charge a fee even though the output went directly from the … rents with an intermediary when the nearest Eastern European plant is closer and there is more Eastern European capacity … intermediary, the empirical analysis supports both predictions. …
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