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Per capita income and the extensive margin of bilateral trade

Hepenstrick, Christian; Tarasov, Alexander - 2012

This paper quantitatively explores the role of the demand structure in explaining the relationship between an importer's per capita income and the extensive margin of bilateral trade. The underlying mechanism is based on the fact that agents expand the set of goods they consume with income. This...

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Determinants of trade margins : insights using state export data

Coughlin, Cletus Charles; Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu - 2015

We adapt the heterogeneous firm trade models of Helpman, Melitz, and Rubinstein (2008) and Lawless (2010) to analyze extensive and intensive trade margins using state-level exports to foreign nations. Our theoretical analysis provides definitive predictions for the effects of changes in fixed...

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The march of the techies : technology, trade, and job polarization in France, 1994-2007

Harrigan, James; Reshef, Ariell; Toubal, Farid - 2016

techies in 2002 saw greater polarization, and grew faster, from 2002 to 2007. Offshoring reduced employment growth. Among blue …

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Uncertainty in global sourcing : learning, sequential offshoring, and selection patterns

Larch, Mario; Navarro, Leandro - 2022

uncertainty by observing offshoring firms' behaviour. The model characterises a sequential offshoring equilibrium path, led by the … Colombia, we test for the determinants and timing of offshoring decisions. We also derive spatial probit structural models to … identify the firms' dynamic trade-off when they decide on the offshoring location. We find supportive evidence for the model …

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Firms' International Status and Heterogeneity in Performance : Evidence from Italy

Casaburi, Lorenzo; Gattai, Valeria; Minerva, G. Alfredo - 2011

that only export abroad. Second, firms that engage in final goods off-shoring are more productive than firms that engage in … inputs off-shoring. Third, in terms of the productivity dynamics over the period 1998-2003, exporters' performance in Italy …

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International service transactions : is time a trade barrier in a connected world?

Dettmer, Bianka - 2010

The firms' international fragmentation of production has recently widened its focus from outsourcing of intermediates … to off-shoring of business services such as software program development and international call centre networks. Although …

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Trade and tasks : an exploration over three decades in Germany

Becker, Sascha O.; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - 2014

faster task offshoring in sectors exposed to lower labour-market tightness. We discuss policy implications of these findings. …

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Technology and production fragmentation : domestic versus foreign sourcing

Fort, Teresa C. - In: The review of economic studies 84 (2017) 2, pp. 650-687

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Food market integration in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) : a dynamic panel approach

Oloukoi, Laurent - In: Cogent economics & finance 12 (2024) 1, pp. 1-15

Our study examines the integration of food markets in West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) and assesses the role of bilateral trade. In this study, we hypothesize that each country has a market. We adopted the framework borrowed from Ravallion using a dynamic panel model. The...

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Empirical re-investigation into the Export-Led Growth Hypothesis (ELGH) : evidence from EAC and SADC economies

Adelakun, Ojo Johnson; Ojo, Oluwafemi Opeyemi; … - In: Economies : open access journal 13 (2025) 6, pp. 1-23

The Export-Led Growth Hypothesis (ELGH) posits that expanding exports drive long-run economic growth. While this has held true for several Asian economies, its effectiveness across African regional blocs remains underexplored. This study investigates the validity of ELGH in the East African...

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