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Cultural Integration and Export Variety Overlap Across Countries

Egger, Peter H. - 2014

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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Cultural distance, firm boundaries, and global sourcing

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Kukharskyy, Bohdan; Roland, Gérard - 2023

Casual observation suggests that cultural differences play an important role in business transactions, yet systematic evidence on this relationship is scarce. This paper provides a novel investigation of the effect of cultural distance on multinational firms' decisions to integrate their...

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Cultural Distance, Firm Boundaries, and Global Sourcing

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Kukharskyy, Bohdan; Roland, Gérard - 2023

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Chapter 33 Culture in International Trade

Acheson, Keith; Maule, Christopher - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 1, (pp. 1141-1182). 2006

Cultural allegiances whether inherited, imposed or chosen, affect economic activity. Many of these cultural layers – ethnic background, religion, language, ideological orientation, and artistic interests – spill over national boundaries. Cultural ideas travel the world along many routes from...

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Trade and unemployment in Germany : an empirical exploration and some theory

Klein, Martin; Weirowski, Tobias - 2011

, international trade and economic activity for the 16 German federal states (Länder). With panel data econometrics we show that …

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Economic Linkages and Comparative Advantage of the UK Creative Sector

Ye, Zhen (Peter); Yin, Ya Ping - 2012

This paper adopts the industrial capabilities argument and the concept of revealed comparative advantage as the basis for evaluating the competitiveness of the UK creative industries in sustaining export growth. The empirical results have revealed a heterogeneous nature of the economic linkages...

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TRANSNATIONAL SOCIAL CAPITAL AND FDI: EVIDENCE FROM ITALIAN ASSOCIATIONS WORLDWIDE

MURAT, MARINA; PISTORESI, BARBARA; RINALDI, ALBERTO - In: Journal of Economic Development 36 (2011) 4, pp. 1-15

This paper studies the influence of a country¡¯s transnational social capital - defined as the shared customary values and beliefs of emigrant communities - on its external transactions. It uses Italy¡¯s emigrant associations abroad as a proxy of transnational social capital and measures its...

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Distance of doing business and outward foreign direct investment : an empirical study of China

Qian, Xinbei; Liu, Dexue; Huang, Liangxiong; Li, Hanchao - In: Review of development economics : an essential resource … 26 (2022) 3, pp. 1411-1437

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Does cultural identity facilitate cooperation? : impact of business culture on boards and bank cooperation in Republican China

Kong, Lingyu; Cheng, Cheng; Wang, Wenxiao - In: Asia-Pacific economic history review : a journal of … 63 (2023) 2, pp. 166-199

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The effect of profitability, board size, woman on boards, and political connection on financial distress conditions

Kalbuana, Nawang; Taqi, Muhamad; Uzliawati, Lia; … - In: Cogent business & management 9 (2022) 1, pp. 1-22

directors, as well as political connections to financial distress. Panel data from these variables were obtained from companies … finding explains the political connection has no positive effect to financial distress. Panel data-based research through … simultaneous testing can be considered for principals in appointing agents to manage the company. Simultaneous analysis of panel …

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