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The heterogeneous impacts of import competition on Mexican manufacturing plants

Blyde, Juan S.; Fentanes, Oscar - 2019

We study the impact of import competition on Mexican firm outcomes between 2003 and 2013 by exploiting variation in import penetration across industries. Focusing on the increase in import competition from China that Mexico experienced during this period, we find that the trade shock induced a...

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The heterogeneous impacts of import competition on Mexican manufacturing plants

Blyde, Juan S.; Fentanes, Oscar - 2019

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Analyzing Industrial Water Demand in India: An Input Distance Function Approach

Kumar, Surender - eSocialSciences - 2009

This study investigates the water demand of Indian manufacturing plants. It adopts an input distance function approach …

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Multiple-product firms and product switching

Bernard, Andrew B.; Redding, Stephen; Schott, Peter K. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

This paper examines the frequency, pervasiveness, and determinants of product switching by US manufacturing firms. We find that one-half of firms alter their mix of five-digit SIC products every five years, that product switching is correlated with both firm- and firm-product attributes, and...

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Trade Reforms and Market Selection:Evidence from Manufacturing Plants in Colombia

Eslava Mejía, Marcela; Haltiwanger, John C.; Kugler, … - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009

Market Selection: Evidence from Manufacturing Plants in Colombia IZA DP No. 4256 June 2009 Marcela Eslava John Haltiwanger … Adriana Kugler Maurice Kugler Trade Reforms and Market Selection: Evidence from Manufacturing Plants in Colombia … ABSTRACT Trade Reforms and Market Selection: Evidence from Manufacturing Plants in Colombia * We use plant output and …

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The determinants of changes in the organization of production: Evidence from Spanish plant-level data

Bayo, Alberto; Galdon-Sanchez, Jose E.; Gil, Ricard - IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra - 2009

In this paper we empirically examine the determinants of changes in the organization of production using detailed information on a data set from a new plant-level survey of 1003 plants covering the full range of manufacturing industries in Spain. In particular, and among many other things,...

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Discretionary Disclosure in Financial Reporting: An Examination Comparing Internal Firm Data to Externally Reported Segment Data

Bens, Daniel; Berger, Philip; Monahan, Steven - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2009

We use confidential, U.S. Census Bureau, plant-level data to investigate aggregation in external reporting. We compare firms’ plant-level data to their published segment reports, conducting our tests by grouping a firm’s plants that share the same four-digit SIC code into a...

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The impact of firm-type dominance on regional manufacturing growth

Salvary, Stanley - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Availability of financial capital and location decisions are variables that influence regional manufacturing output. This study maintains that a region’s manufacturing growth depends upon the region’s firm-type dominance. That is, the type of firms that dominate the region’s manufacturing...

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Tax Incentives and Business Investment: New Evidence from Mexico

Ramirez Verdugo, Arturo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

This paper provides new evidence on the response of business investment to tax incentives. I use the variation provided by recent reforms to the Mexican corporate tax system, including the elimination and reintroduction of accelerated depreciation allowances applicable to investment undertaken...

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Productivity Dynamics: U.S. Manufacturing Plants, 1972-1986

Dhrymes, Phoebus; Bartelsman, Eric - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1992

This paper presents an analysis of the dynamics of total factor productivity measures for large plants in SICs 35, 36, and 38. Several TFP measures, derived from production functions and Solow type residuals, are computed and their behavior over time is compared, using various non-parametric...

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