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Financial Development and Export Concentration

Unger, Florian - 2023

This paper analyzes the impact of financial development on export concentration. I incorporate credit constraints into … increases innovation activity and export shares of larger firms. In contrast, a model variant in which exporters have to finance … production costs instead of investments suggests a negative impact of financial development on export concentration as smaller …

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State visits and international trade

Nitsch, Volker - 2005

Politicians travel extensively abroad, for various reasons. One purpose of external visits is to improve bilateral economic relations. In this paper, I examine the effect of state visits on international trade. I use a large data set covering the travel activities of the heads of state of...

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Firms' Exports, Volatility and Skills : Evidence from France

Bas, Maria - 2019

’ export activity and job stability across employment skills. Relying on detailed firm-level data from France for the period … 1996-2007, we show that firms with higher export intensity exhibit a lower volatility of skilled labor demand relative to … provide evidence on the causal effect of the export performance of the firm on the volatility of employment of different …

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Sales and Markup Dispersion : Theory and Empirics

Mrazova, Monika - 2019

We derive exact conditions relating the distributions of firm productivity, sales, output, and markups to the form of demand in monopolistic competition. Applications include a new “CREMR” demand function (Constant Revenue Elasticity of Marginal Revenue): it is necessary and sufficient for...

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Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation : Evidence from U.S. Patents

Autor, David H. - 2019

Manufacturing accounts for more than three-quarters of U.S. corporate patents. The competitive shock to this sector emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U.S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how...

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Endogenous product versus process innovation and a firm's propensity to export

Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter - 2007

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the effects of new product versus process innovations on export propensity …. Both modes of innovation are expected to raise a firm's propensity to export. According to new trade theory, we conjecture … innovations and their impact on export propensity at the firm level through a double treatment approach. …

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Trade costs, market access and economic geography : why the empirical specification of trade costs matters

Bosker, E. Maarten; Garretsen, Harry - 2007

Trade costs are a crucial in new economic geography (NEG) models. The unavailability of actual trade costs data requires the approximation of trade costs. Most NEG studies do not deal with the ramifications of the particular trade costs specification used. This paper shows that the specification...

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Financial markets and economic growth in Poland : simulations with an econometric model

Wdowiński, Piotr - 2005

In this paper we present simulations of economic performance of the Polish economy based on a quarterly econometric model. The model consists of 22 stochastic equations, which link the financial market with the real economy. The purpose of the research is to present effects of changes to...

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Promotion of trade and Investments between China and India : the case of Southwest China and East and Northeast India

Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; De, Prabir - 2005

Open regionalism and integration between the world's two largest developing countries - the People's Republic of China (China) and India - in trade, investments and infrastructure development can foster outward-oriented development and economic and social benefits that could result in poverty...

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Trade Costs, Market Access and Economic Geography : Why the Empirical Specification of Trade Costs Matters

Bosker, Erik Maarten; Garretsen, Harry - 2021

Trade costs are crucial in new economic geography (NEG) models. The unavailability of actual trade costs data requires the approximation of trade costs. Most NEG studies do not deal with the ramifications of the particular trade costs specification used. This paper shows that the specification...

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