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Chen, Xi - 2018

domestic labor force at the sector-level. In order to better elucidate the offshoring employment relationship, this paper … condition where firms pay a real wage that exceeds the market clearing level and varies with productivity; (ii) an open economy …

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Do imports of intermediate inputs generate higher productivity? : evidence from Ecuadorian manufacturing firms

Camino Mogro, Segundo; Pinzón, Kathia; … - 2020

International trade has been stated as one of the most important mean of improving firms' productivity, being the … contribute to local firm's productivity performance by incorporating better inputs in their production processes. This paper … of manufacturing formal firms in Ecuador, and, the causal relationship between the import decision and firm productivity …

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The Internationalization Process of Firms : From Exports to FDI?

Conconi, Paola - 2010

We describe a simple model in which domestic firms decide whether to serve a foreign market through exports or horizontal foreign direct investment (FDI). This choice involves a trade-off between the higher variable trade costs associated with exports and the higher fixed set-up costs associated...

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Whatever next? : export market choices of New Zealand firms

Fabling, Richard; Grimes, Arthur L.; Sanderson, Lynda - 2010

with high shares of employment in incumbent exporters to a specific country will have a probability of entering a new … relationship involving that country that is 116 percent higher than those in regions with low incumbent employment shares. These …

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Export Commitment and its Impact on Firm-Level Export Performance : Evidence from SMEs Cluster of Ahmedabad, India

Chugan, Pawan K.; Singh, Shivangi - 2016

Fast changing economic environment has led exporting to be evolved as one of the fastest growing economic activities in the recent times. However, in this highly competitive global era exporting firms have to overcome several barriers in achieving superior performance in the international...

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The internationalization process of firms : from exports to FDI?

Conconi, Paola; Sapir, André; Zanardi, Maurizio - 2010

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The internationalization process of firms : from exports to FDI?

Conconi, Paola; Sapir, André; Zanardi, Maurizio - 2010 - Preliminary version

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Higher wages in exporters and multinational firms evidence from linked employer-employee data

Tanaka, Ayumu - In: International economics and economic policy 19 (2022) 1, pp. 51-78

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Exporter Wage Premium : A Plant-Level Analysis with Canadian Linked Employer-Employee Data

Huang, Xinning - 2016

Export promotion policy is often employed by governments to spur economic growth. This paper uses Canadian linked employer-employee (LEE) data to examine the impact of exports on plant average wage. I find that the wage increases significantly three years after a plant enters export markets....

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Product differentiation and profitability in German manufacturing firms

Braakmann, Nils; Wagner, Joachim - 2009

We use a unique rich newly built data set for German manufacturing enterprises to investigate the product differentiation firm performance relationship. We find that an increase in the degree of product diversification has a negative impact on profitability when observed and unobserved firm...

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