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The impact of 3D printing on trade and FDI
Abeliansky, Ana L.; Martínez-Zarzoso, Imnaculada; … - 2015
This paper analyzes the effects of 3D printing technologies on the volume of trade and on the structure of FDI. A standard model with firm-specific heterogeneity generates three main predictions. First, 3D printers are introduced in areas with high economic activity that also face high transport...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011375685
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Firm Productivity, Technological Heterogeneity and Endogenous Exports
Malikov, Emir - 2017
Exporters tend to be more productive than non-exporting firms, and uncovering the extent of these productivity differentials as well as causes thereof has long been one of the core topics in the literature. This paper focuses on the issues pertaining to robust empirical modeling of the intricate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012944269
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Empirical productivity distributions and international trade
Egger, Peter; Erhardt, Katharina; Nigai, Sergey - 2021 - This draft: March 2021
We use firm-level data for 15 countries and 13 manufacturing sectors to estimate firm-level productivity parameters and to establish representative country-sector-specific empirical productivity distributions. We use these distributions against the backdrop of multi-sector versions of the models...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013341605
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The Effect of Technological Innovation on International Trade
Marquez-Ramos, Laura - 2012
In this paper, the effect of technological innovation on sectoral exports is analysed using a gravity model of trade … on export performance, which indicates that there are thresholds for positive signs to occur. To foster exports …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013115395
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Technology, Trade, and Growth : The Role of Education
Prettner, Klaus - 2014
We generalize a trade model with firm-specific heterogeneity and R&D-based growth to allow for an endogenous education decision of households and an endogenously evolving population. Our framework is able to explain cross-country differences in living standards and trade intensities by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057739
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The effect of technological innovation on international trade
Márquez-Ramos, Laura; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2010
In this paper, the effect of technological innovation on sectoral exports is analysed using a gravity model of trade … on export performance, which indicates that there are thresholds for positive signs to occur. To foster exports …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003950769
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The effect of technological innovation on international trade : a nonlinear approach
Márquez-Ramos, Laura; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2009
effect of technological achievement on exports is studied. In order to measure technological innovation, the technological … and Marginalised. The effect of technological variables on sectoral exports is analysed using a gravity model of trade …-shaped" relationship is found between exports and creation of technology and between exports and diffusion of old innovations, whereas an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003829949
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The Role of Technology Diffusion on Industrial Export : Empirical Analysis of Iranian Economy
Shahabadi, Aboulfazl - 2012
Recent theories of international economics deal with oriented innovation in reaction to economic incentives as a main engine of technological progress and competitiveness. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of real variables such as stock accumulation of domestic R&D activities and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113064
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Skill Bias, Trade, and Wage Dispersion
Monte, Ferdinando - 2017
Wage ratios between different percentiles of the wage distribution have moved in parallel and then diverged in the U.S. in the last 50 years. In this paper, I study the theoretical response of wage ratios to skill-biased technical change and trade integration. I build a simple model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951576
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Effects of Trade on Female Labor Force Participation
Sauré, Philip U.; Zoabi, Hosny - 2009
turn, induce male workers to move to the expanding sectors, driving female workers out of formal employment. Thus, a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014204213