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International trade statistics and input-output tables are analyzed in order to test the hypothesis that international production networks have become more relevant. The share of imported inputs in the gross output value of the motor vehicle industry has grown significantly during the last two...
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hand, regression analysis shows that the reduction in tariffs and increasing export orientation has been associated with an … increase in wages in manufacturing industries though the role of export orientation in influencing poor wages has not been … significant. Meanwhile, quantile regressions reveal that the impact of both the reduction in tariffs and increase in export …
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There is a well-established theoretical and empirical literature that shows that exporters are more innovative than otherwise equivalent non-exporters. In this paper we ask whether this is also true when it comes to the effects of adopting greener production techniques. Using an instrumental...
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most recent financial crisis, estimating models for export market participation decisions and firm growth and survival. The … results indicate that financial variables are highly important in predicting export market entry, especially in the midst of …
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We investigate whether firms' "global engagement", either in the form of exporting or opening up affiliates abroad, is related to the change in their management performance. We use new and unique data from a recent large scale firm survey of management practices in Germany. We calculate...
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and, more specifically, China. -- International R&D spillovers ; outward foreign direct investment ; export driven …
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initiative, Oxfam organized a publicity campaign. This paper evaluates the effect of these interventions on the export prices of …
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ownership and access to external finance affect the likelihood of manufacturers in emerging markets to export and/or import … firm will export or import. Foreign ownership has a large positive impact on the likelihood to engage in direct trade but a …
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We construct comprehensive and comparable indices on the most relevant components of economic infrastructure. An unobserved components model is employed to cover the largest possible number of developing and developed countries over the period 1990-2010. We map major findings from the new...
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Making use of considerably improved measures of infrastructure, we assess the impact of infrastructure on bilateral trade for a panel of 37 developed and emerging economies during the period 1995-2011. We find significant and non-linear effects of overall infrastructure and infrastructure in...
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