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Unilateral tax policy in the open economy
Kohl, Miriam; Richter, Philipp M. - 2019
This paper examines the effects of unilateral tax policy in the open economy. We construct a general equilibrium trade model with heterogeneous agents allowing for country asymmetries. We find that in contrast to a symmetric country set-up the share of exporting firms is endogenous. We show that...
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Redistribution policy and offshoring in general equilibrium
Kohl, Miriam; Naumann, Fabrice - 2021
We look at the effect of domestic redistribution policy on offshoring in an asymmetric two country model of monopolistic competition, heterogeneous firms and occupational choice. The redistribution scheme is modeled by a combination of a progressive income tax and a lump-sum transfer. We find...
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Transport costs in international trade
Kleinert, Jörn; Spies, Julia - 2011 - Preliminary version
develop a theoretical framework with a manufacturing and a transport sector, where the level of manufacturing exports … the transport cost channel. Transport prices, in turn, are influenced by the distance and by the exports between two … countries. We find that trading partners with 10% more exports enjoy 0.7% lower transport prices. …
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Coordination cost and the distance puzzle
Noblet, Sandrine; Belgodere, Antoine - 2010 - Preliminary version
The distance puzzle has been wildly discussed in the literature since Leamer and Levinsohn (1995) shed the light on it. This puzzle simply says that "the world is not getting smaller": distance still matters to account for trade. This is reflected in a decreasing distance of trade (DOT), or in a...
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Domestic product standards and free trade areas : implications for the EU-Japan FTA
Yanase, Akihiko; Kurata, Hiroshi - 2014
This study considers endogenous determination of domestic standards on products that cause negative consumption externalities in the presence of a preferential trade agreement (PTA) in a three-country world. In particular, we examine how a PTA affects the optimal levels of external tariffs and...
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Agglomeration and exports with heterogeneous firms : evidence from Chinese firm-level and county-level data
Sun, Churen; Yu, Zhihao; Zhang, Tao - 2012 - Version July 1, 2012, preliminary
firms' exports and find that they affect firms' exporting behaviors in very complicated modes. …
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Firm growth : regional, industry & strategy effects in a Latin American economy : 2011 ERSA Congress, Barcelona
Jung, Andrés; Plottier, Cecilia; Francia, Heber - 2011
It is widely acknowledged that young ventures and fast growing firms have a strong impact on economic growth and employment creation. It is not only entrepreneurial dynamics associated to entry and exit of new ventures, but also the ability of firms to survive and grow, that is important for...
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The rise of the East and the Far East : German labor markets and trade integration
Dauth, Wolfgang; Findeisen, Sebastian; Südekum, Jens - 2012
, exports from developed countries to these new destination markets have also surged. We analyze the effect of this enormous … large effects of export and import exposure to East Europe; on average exports are estimated to have increased manufacturing …
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Import competition and firm productivity : evidence from German manufacturing
Braeuer, Richard; Mertens, Matthias; Slavtchev, Viktor - 2020
This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm-level panel data from German manufacturing. We find that only import competition from high-income countries is associated with positive incentives for firms to invest in...
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Environmental corporate social responsibility, firm dynamics and wage inequality
Ee, Mong Shan; Chao, Chi-Chur; Wang, Leonard F. S.; Yu, … - In: International review of economics & finance : IREF 56 (2018), pp. 63-74
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