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This paper tests some of the predictions of recent advances in trade theory that have focused on different trade patterns of firms within the same sector. Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple (2005) develop a model in which innate productivity differences between firms determine the degree of...
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This paper analyses the relationship between firm productivity and export behavior in German manufacturing firms. We examine whether productivity increases the probability of exporting, and assert that there is a causal relationship from high productivity to entering foreign markets, as...
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The ongoing debate of the literature on learning-by-exporting is whether the conspicuously stellar performance of exporters relative to non-exporters can be, at least partially, attributed to the horizonwidening interaction with foreign consumers and learning of cost-efficient and quality...
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This paper analyses the relationship between firm productivity and export behavior in German manufacturing firms. We examine whether productivity increases the probability of exporting, and assert that there is a causal relationship from high productivity to entering foreign markets, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119286
This paper studies whether job reallocation in Slovenia, a post-socialist economy, has been associated with gains in … total factor productivity (TFP). We document the importance of entry and exit in job reallocation and show that TFP has … job destruction by state firms and reallocation of employment to private firms …
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destruction. This indicates that restructuring in Slovenia involves a substantial reallocation process. We find higher job … reallocation in private and small firms where the contribution of entry and exit to the job reallocation process is higher. We …
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20 years have elapsed since the peaceful protest movement led to the resignation of the old regime in the German Democratic Republic. In the following year both German states reunited. Due to the special situation in Germany the subsequent transformation process is unique within the former...
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We document that 20% of Compustat firms have above-median investment rates despite having below-median marginal product of capital (MPK), seemingly "misallocating" productive resources. These firms are typically younger and significantly more likely to experience a substantial upward jump in...
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bank credit reallocation with endogenous firm entry and exit that allows for both theoretical and quantitative analysis. By …
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bank credit reallocation with endogenous firm entry and exit that allows for both theoretical and quantitative analysis. By …
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