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Managing Trade : Evidence from China and the US

Bloom, Nicholas - 2019

We present a heterogeneous-firm model in which management ability increases both pro- duction efficiency and product quality. Combining six micro-datasets on management practices, production and trade in Chinese and American firms, we find broad support for the model's predictions. First, better...

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Hidden Protectionism? Evidence from Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade in the United States

Grundke, Robert - 2015

Are product standards protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non-compliance with U.S. product standards, using a new database on U.S. import refusals from 2002 to 2012. We find that import refusals significantly decrease exports to the United States. This trade reducing...

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Estimating the Effects of Non-Discriminatory Trade Policies within Structural Gravity Models

Heid, Benedikt - 2019

We propose a simple method to identify the effects of unilateral and non-discriminatory trade policies on bilateral trade within a theoretically-consistent empirical gravity model. Specifically, we argue that structural gravity estimations should be performed with data that include not only...

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How Firms Export : Processing vs. Ordinary Trade with Financial Frictions

Manova, Kalina - 2016

The fragmentation of production across borders allows firms to make and export final goods, or to perform only intermediate stages of production by processing imported inputs for re-exporting. We examine how financial frictions affect companies' choice between processing and ordinary trade –...

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Heterogeneous Economic Integration Agreement Effects

Baier, Scott L. - 2015

Gravity equations have been used for more than 50 years to estimate ex post the partial effects of trade costs on international trade flows, and the well-known -- and traditionally presumed exogenous -- “trade-cost elasticity” plays a central role in computing general equilibrium trade-flow...

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Competing Liberalizations : Tariffs and Trade in the 21st Century

Bureau, Jean-Christophe - 2016

This paper proposes a unique overview of trade policies trends since the launch of the Doha Round, based on detailed data on tariffs and trade covering 130 countries. We show that regionalism has delivered limited effective liberalization so far, leading to only a 0.3 percentage point (p.p.) cut...

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Hidden Protectionism? Evidence from Non-tariff Barriers to Trade in the United States

Grundke, Robert; Moser, Christoph - CESifo - 2014

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Is the International Border Effect Larger than the Domestic Border Effect? Evidence from U.S. Trade

Coughlin, Cletus Charles - 2013

Many studies have found that international borders represent large barriers to trade. But how do international borders compare to domestic border barriers? We investigate international and domestic border barriers in a unified framework. We consider a unique data set of exports from individual...

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The Location of Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions in the USA

Brakman, Steven - 2015

neglected. In this paper we analyze the within country location-target selection of M&As in the USA. Extending Guadalupe (2012 … the USA for the period 1985-2012, we compare location choices of cross-border M&As to that of national M&As. We find that … across the USA than national M&As, and that for both forms of M&As location specific market access in the USA as well as …

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U.S. Multinationals and Preferential Market Access

Blanchard, Emily J. - 2012

This paper examines the relationship between offshoring activity by U.S. multinational firms and the structure of U.S trade preferences. We combine firm level panel data on U.S. foreign affiliate activity from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) with detailed measures of U.S. trade...

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