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Foreign competition and domestic innovation : evidence from U.S. patents

Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon 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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Importing political polarization? : the electoral consequences of rising trade exposure

Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H.; … - 2020

strong though not definitive evidence of an ideological realignment in trade-exposed local labor markets that commences prior …, we find that trade exposed electoral districts simultaneously exhibit growing ideological polarization in some domains …-meaning expanding support for both strong-left and strong-right views-and pure rightward shifts in others. Specifically, trade …

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The dynamic impact of exporting on firm R&D investment

Maican, Florín G.; Orth, Matilda; Roberts, Mark J.; … - 2020

Economic theory predicts that outsourcing public services to private firms will reduce costs, but the effect on quality is ambiguous. We explore quality differences between publicly and privately owned ambulances in a setting where patients are as good as randomly assigned to ambulances of...

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Firm-level evidence on productivity differentials, turnover, and exports in Taiwanese manufacturing

Aw, Bee-yan; Chen, Xiaomin; Roberts, Mark J. - 1997

Recent dynamic models of firm entry and exit emphasise the relationship between a firm's productivity and the decision to enter or exit. If firm turnover is driven by productivity differentials then the reallocation of resources across firms at the micro level can have important implications for...

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Firm R&D investment and export market exposure

Peters, Bettina; Roberts, Mark J.; Vuong, Van Anh - 2018

differ in their export market exposure. Simulating the introduction of trade tariffs we find a substantial reduction in firms …

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Firm R&D investment and export market exposure

Peters, Bettina; Roberts, Mark J.; Vuong, Van Anh - 2018

differ in their export market exposure. Simulating the introduction of trade tariffs we find a substantial reduction in firms …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932163

Firm-Level Evidence on Productivity Differentials, Turnover, and Exports in Taiwanese Manufacturing

Aw, Bee Yan; Chen, Xiaomin; Roberts, Mark J. - 1999

The manufacturing sector in Taiwan has a market structure composed of large numbers of small firms, a heavy focus on less capital-intensive industries, and a dense network of firms specializing in subcontracting and trading services. It has been argued that these features lower the start-up...

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

Autor, David H. - 2019

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Firm R&D Investment and Export Market Exposure

Peters, Bettina - 2019

differ in their export market exposure. Simulating the introduction of trade tariffs we find a substantial reduction in firms …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012897290

On the Persistence of the China Shock

Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - 2022

We evaluate the duration of the China trade shock and its impact on a wide range of outcomes over the period 2000 to … trade-exposed U.S. commuting zones are present out to 2019. Over the full study period, greater import competition implies a …-born 25-39 years old, implying that exit from work is a primary means of adjustment to trade-induced contractions in labor …

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