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Essays on international trade and development
Heid, Benedikt - 2014
-Maximilians-Universität München. It includes six self-contained chapters which deal with the following topics in empirical international trade and …, trade, and informal employment as illustrated by the maquiladora industry in Mexico (chapter 4), the interaction between … migration and trade and their effects on unemployment (chapter 5), and the dynamics of democracy and income chapter 6). …
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Does the Home Market Effect Arise in a Three-Country Model?
Südekum, Jens - 2005
It is uncertain whether the fundamental 'home market effect' (HME) generalizes from a two-country model to a more realistic setting with multiple countries. We present a three-country version of the seminal model by Krugman (1980) and analyse under which circumstances the HME is present once...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296391
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A brand specific investigation of international cost shock threats on price and margin with a manufacturer-wholesaler-retailer model
Dannewald, Till; Hildebrandt, Lutz - 2008
In times of increasing oil prices and a weak dollar, European companies that focus their business on the US market may find themselves in a weak position. While many businesses can hedge this kind of risk by relocating production to the US, or employing financial remedies, these strategies may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263755
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The extensive margin of exporting products: A firm-level analysis
Arkolakis, Costas; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - 2010
costs indicate that a large share of the simulated increase in trade is attributable to declines in the firm's entry cost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274748
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R&D and price elasticity of demand
Lucke, Dorothea; Schröder, Philipp J. H.; Schumacher, … - 2004
This note explores the relationship between the price elasticity of demand and the R&D intensity of the product. We introduce the concept of R&D intensity into a standard Dixit-Stiglitz/Krugman-type setting. R&D activity is treated as a fixed cost of production. Within this framework, sectors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276554
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Are unit export values correct measures of the exports' qualtity?
Szczygielski, Krzysztof; Grabowski, Wojciech - 2009
include studies of intra-industry trade (IIT) and analyses of industrial "competitiveness". This literature seems to assume …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430836
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Performance of Exporters: Scale Effects or Continuous Productivity Improvements
Kostevc, Crt - 2005
improves their perfirmance compared with non-exporters. I develop a simple model of trade and international production with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313260
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Export diversity and regional growth: Empirical evidence from South Africa
Matthee, Marianne; Naudé, Wim - 2007
This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between exports, and in particular export diversity, and regional growth in a developing country context. Using export data for 19 sectors from 354 subnational (magisterial) districts of South Africa, we construct various measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284669
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A brand specific investigation of international cost shock threats on price and margin with a manufacturer-wholesaler-retailer model
Dannewald, Till; Hildebrandt, Lutz - 2008
In times of increasing oil prices and a weak dollar, European companies that focus their business on the US market may find themselves in a weak position. While many businesses can hedge this kind of risk by relocating production to the US, or employing financial remedies, these strategies may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003796133
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Are unit export values correct measures of the exports' qualtity?
Szczygielski, Krzysztof; Grabowski, Wojciech - 2009
include studies of intra-industry trade (IIT) and analyses of industrial "competitiveness". This literature seems to assume …. -- export quality ; unit export value ; intra-industry trade ; competitiveness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887937