The objective of this thesis is to investigate the potential contribution of transnational corporations (TNC) to the upgrading of systems of innovation in late-industrialising countries. This study looks specifically at TNC-affiliierter in Thailand’s manufacturing sector and compares them with...

This article offers a new reading ofintra-European trade based on recent developments innew international economics (Melitz, 2003; Chaney,2008). These models take the heterogeneity of firmsinto account and offer a micro-economic analysis ofthe process of selection at work for firms enteringmarkets....

This dissertation studies the roles of comparative advantage, monopolistic competition, and firm-level heterogeneity in international trade.The first essay investigates cross-country and cross-industry variation in the fractions of exporters among domestic firms. The paper presents a model of an...

We develop a model of international trade with export quality requirements and two dimensions of firm heterogeneity. In addition to "productivity", firms are also heterogeneous in their "caliber" — the ability to produce quality using fewer fixed inputs. Compared to single-attribute models of...

La pendiente de la curva de Phillips se ha reducido en las últimas décadas. En este documento se desarrolla un modelo que racionaliza este fenómeno a partir del aumento del grado de polarización observado en muchas industrias, que ha supuesto que un reducido número de grandes empresas de...

Summary of Banco de España Working Paper no. 2106

It has been emphasized that international promotion activities such as state visits or the presence of embassies, consulates and export promotion agencies help foster trade when there are search costs and/or uncertainty. In this paper we try to disentangle the differential effect that foreign...

Incluye bibliografía ; En este trabajo documentamos la existencia de aglomeración geográfica de empresas exportadoras según el país de destino de las exportaciones utilizando microdatos de la Balanza de Pagos. En este sentido, encontramos que las empresas que venden a países con peores...