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Efficient Contracting and Market Power : Evidence from the U.S. Natural Gas Industry

Hubbard, R. Glenn; Weiner, Robert J. - 2021

It is well recognized by economists that long-term contracting under an array of price and non-price provisions may be an efficient response to small-numbers bargaining problems. Empirical work to distinguish such issues from predictions of models of market power and bargaining has been sparse,...

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Can Natural Gas Save Lives? Evidence from the Deployment of a Fuel Delivery System in a Developing Country

Cesur, Resul - 2016

There has been a widespread displacement of coal by natural gas as space heating and cooking technology in Turkey in the last two decades, triggered by the deployment of natural gas networks. In this paper, we examine the impact of this development on mortality among adults and the elderly. Our...

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$2.00 Gas! Studying the Effects of a Gas Tax Moratorium

Doyle, Joseph J. - 2015

There are surprisingly few estimates of the effect of sales taxes on retail prices, especially at the firm level. Further, along both sides of a state border, a change in one state%u2019s sales tax can shed light on the nature of competition, as a subset of firms effectively experiences a change...

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Currency Diversification and Export Competitiveness : A Model of the "Egyptian Disease"

Braga de Macedo, Jorge - 2021

The paper presents a dynamic portfolio model under currency inconvertibility which rationalizes the recent Egyptian experience of real exchange rate appreciation and currency diversification following the increase in oil exports and the partial financial liberalization that took place after...

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Exporting and Firm Performance : Evidence from a Randomized Trial

Atkin, David - 2014

producers in Egypt. Combined with detailed survey data, we causally identify the impact of exporting on firm performance …

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The Intensive Margin in Trade

Fernandes, Ana Margarida - 2018

The Melitz model highlights the importance of the extensive margin (the number of firms exporting) for trade flows. Using the World Bank's Exporter Dynamics Database (EDD) featuring firm-level exports from 50 countries, we find that around 50% of variation in exports is along the extensive...

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Contractual Versus Generic Outsourcing : The Role of Proximity

Feenstra, Robert C.; Spencer, Barbara J. - 2021

We explore the relationship between proximity of buyers and sellers and the organizational form of outsourcing. Outsourcing can be "contractual" in which suppliers undertake specific investments or involve "generic" market transactions. Proximity expands the variety of products sourced through...

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Preparing to Export

Molina, Danielken - 2013

Exporters differ considerably in terms of export-market participation over time and employment size. But this marked … experience at other exporters. We show that expected export status, predicted with current destination-country trade instruments … reduced market penetration at the firm losing the worker. This evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that expected export …

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Quantifying International Production Sharing at the Bilateral and Sector Levels

Wang, Zhi - 2013

This paper generalizes the gross exports accounting framework, initially proposed by Koopman, Wang, and Wei (2014) for a country's aggregate exports, to one at the sector, bilateral, and bilateral-sector levels. Such a generalization requires a conceptual distinction between value added exports...

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Winners and Losers in International Trade : The Effects on U.S. Presidential Voting

Jensen, J. Bradford - 2016

This paper studies how international trade influences U.S. presidential elections. We expect the positive employment effects of expanding exports to increase support for the incumbent's party, and job insecurity from import competition to diminish such support. Our national-level models show for...

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