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Do falling iceberg costs explain recent U.S. export growth?

Alessandria, George; Choi, Horag - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - 2010

Superseded by Working Paper 12-20 ; The authors study the rise in U.S. manufacturing exports from 1987 to 2002 through the lens of a monopolistically competitive model with heterogeneous producers and sunk costs of exporting. Using the model, they infer that iceberg costs fell nearly 27 percent...

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Maquiladoras: impact on Texas border cities

Vargas, Lucinda - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

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The comparative advantage of Chinese manufactured exports

Wei, Hao; Chunming, Zhao - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 5 (2012) 2, pp. 107-126

paper is to conduct a thorough analysis of the comparative advantage of Chinese manufactures from 2002 to 2009, not only … within the world market but also in the US market. Design/methodology/approach – The research is based on 144 manufactures … Chinese manufactures at different technological levels in the 2002-2009 period with the RCA Index. This paper classifies 144 …

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Engineers and Scientists in U.S. Manufacturing Trade

Shatz, Howard J. - In: Eastern Economic Journal 22 (1996) 4, pp. 441-448

results are that the world buys U.S. manufactures that use engineering and scientific skill intensively in their production …

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The performance of the U.S. capital goods industry: implications for trade adjustment

Orr, James - In: Quarterly Review (1988) Win, pp. 69-82

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The dollar and manufacturing output

Glick, Reuven; Hutchison, Michael - In: FRBSF Economic Letter (1988)

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Manufacturing export performance at the state level, 1963-1980

Coughlin, Cletus C.; Fabel, Oliver - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 1987

In the 1960s and 1970s international trade was increasingly important for employment and economic growth at the state level; however, scholarly research on the numerous issues concerning international trade and state economic activity is negligible. The present research uses a...

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The evolving external orientation of manufacturing: a profile of four countries

Campa, Jose; Goldberg, Linda S. - In: Economic Policy Review (1997) Jul, pp. 53-81

Using more than two decades of industry data, the authors profile the external orientation of manufacturing industries in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan. They use the term "external orientation" to describe the potential exposure of an industry's revenues and costs to...

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The alleged countercyclical nature of Argentina's exports of manufactures

Londero, Elio - In: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development 10 (2001) 2, pp. 151-173

Latin American exports of manufactures. This paper shows that countercyclical factors should be expected for most exports …

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New York state's merchandise export gap

Howe, Howard; Leary, Mark - In: Current Issues in Economics and Finance 2 (1996) Nov

New York's merchandise export performance has trailed the nation's for several years. The cause of this gap is not easy to identify: the state maintains a relatively healthy mix of customer markets, remains well represented in industries with strong foreign demand, and continues to enjoy...

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