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To serve foreign markets, firms can either export or set up a local subsidiary through horizontal Foreign Direct …
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This paper assesses the role of a larger degree of common language use between the populations of two countries on the so-called extensive product margin of trade. We focus on the overlap of products exported or imported between any pair of countries. The results suggest that the effect of...
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exchange rate uncertainty in exports to some of the most important global export destinations (United States, Japan, Brazil …, Russia, and China). For this purpose, we apply a non-linear model, where suddenly strong spurts of exports occur when changes … exchange rates on exports is estimated based on the period from 1995M1 to 2015M12. Looking at some of the main export …
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exchange rate uncertainty in ex-ports to some of the most important global export destinations (United States, Japan, Brazil …, Russia, and China). For this purpose, we apply a non-linear model, where suddenly strong spurts of exports occur when changes … exchange rates on exports is estimated based on the period from 1995M1 to 2015M12. Looking at some of the main export …
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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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This paper provides an economic analysis of the trade conflict between the US and China, providing an overview of the … average to 17% between the US and China, and the Phase One Agreement signed in January 2020 between the two countries only … and China in 2019 and is accompanied by considerable trade diversion to imports from other regions, leading to a …
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This volume was prepared by Inga Heiland while she was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in July 2016 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It comprises five chapters addressing one or more aspects of international trade and...
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A huge body of empirical and theoretical literature has emerged on the relationship between foreign exchange (FX) uncertainty and international trade. Empirical findings about the impact of FX uncertainty on trade figures are at best weak and often ambiguous with respect to its direction. Almost...
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Informal long-term relationships and mutual confidence play a crucial role in modern economies in at least two dimensions. First, the performance of firms is strongly affected by their capacity to solve organizational questions effectively and this capacity is apparently strongly related to...
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