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on a sample of EU- and non-EU countries in the period 2004 to 2010. We account for non-tariff trade barriers and the … European value-added-chain and promote business service exports from third countries towards the EU. The reorientation of the … new members is in turn associated with declining intra-EU10 business intensities while leaving business trade among the …
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entire members largely unaffected. -- service directive ; non-tariff barriers ; outsourcing ; internal market ; EU … on a sample of EU- and non-EU countries in the period 2004 to 2010. We account for non-tariff trade barriers and the … European value-added-chain and promote business service exports from third countries towards the EU. The reorientation of the …
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obsolete and make business service outsourcing via cross-border trade more feasible. Although the (service-led) growth … long-run growth effect for countries taking part in the outsourcing process of producer services exists. The growth effect …
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obsolete and make business service outsourcing via cross-border trade more feasible. Although the (service-led) growth … long-run growth effect for countries taking part in the outsourcing process of producer services exists. The growth effect …
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estimate knowledge spillovers through outsourcing relationships between German firms, measured by the number of those firms …
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Trade economists traditionally study the effect of lower variable trade costs. While increasingly important politically, technical barriers to trade (TBTs) have received less attention. Viewing TBTs as fixed regulatory costs related to the entry into export markets, we use a model with...
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This paper analyses the effects of non-tariff barriers, in terms of both variable and fixed export costs, on trade structure. The relationship between fixed and variable trade costs determines whether international trade emerges. If trade emerges, only variable, but not fixed export costs,...
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Trade economists traditionally study the effect of lower variable trade costs. While increasingly important politically, technical barriers to trade (TBTs) have received less attention. Viewing TBTs as fixed regulatory costs related to the entry into export markets, we use a model with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003636442
Service inputs are a key component of the costs of exporting, and contribute to explain the process of internationalization of firms. A new dataset on the participation of French firms in global value chains reveals that firms with longer export experience in a market are more likely to source...
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standardize. However, interest in this area is growing and the European Union (EU) has paved the way: In the controversial EU … development of voluntary European standards to facilitate compatibility among services, whereas EU Regulation 1025/2012 provides … the legal basis for a new era in service standard-setting in the EU. Based on these developments, this paper maps this new …
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