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Lincoln, William F.; McCallum, Andrew H. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2011

Using confidential microdata from the US Census, we find that the fraction of manufacturing plants that export rose … instead argue that changes in other factors that determine export status are sufficient to explain these trends. …

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Exchange Rate Regimes, Foreign Exchange Volatility and Export Performance in Central and Eastern Europe: Just Another Blur Project?

Égert, Balázs; Morales-Zumaquero, Amalia - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

This paper attempts to analyze the direct impact of exchange rate volatility on the export performance of ten Central … aggregate but also bilateral and sectoral export ows are studied. To this end, we rst analyze shifts in exchange rate volatility … export function. The results suggest that the size and the direction of the impact of forex volatility and of regime changes …

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Sensitivity of the Exporting Economy on the External Shocks: Evidence from Slovene Firms

Prašnikar, Janez; Bole, Velimir; Ahcan, Aleš; Koman, … - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

In this paper we investigate the export participation of Slovene firms. We first show that sunk costs are an important … factor for explaining the export behavior of Slovene firms. Next we show that when the absorption power of the exporting …

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Comparative Advantages in U. S. Bilateral Services Trade with China and India

Liu, Lirong; Nath, Hiranya K.; Tochkov, Kiril - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2015

Using bilateral trade data for 16 service categories, this paper examines the patterns, evolution, and determinants of comparative advantage (CA) in U.S. services trade with China and India from 1992 to 2010. The results indicate that the U.S. has a CA in most services, except in more...

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TDoes Product Differentiation Explain The Increase in Exports of Transition Countries?

Kandogan, Yener - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

The paper analyzes the increase in transition countries’ exports to their non-traditional trade partners. It uses four different measures of product differentiation to find out the extent that the increase in product variety explains this phenomenon. It is found that opening up to new trade...

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Gross Job Flows in Ukraine: Size, Ownership and Trade Effects

Konings, Jozef; Kupets, Olga; Lehmann, Hartmut - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

competition in export markets. These effects are more pronounced when we consider trade flows to the world at large and to the EU …

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The Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Firms: Evidence from Firm Level Panel Data in Emerging Economies

Konings, Jozef - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2000

This paper uses firm level panel data to investigate empirically the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the productivity performance of domestic firms in three emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe-Bulgaria, Romania and Poland. To this end, a unique firm level panel data...

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Technology Transfer through FDI in Top-10 Transition Countries: How Important are Direct Effects, Horizontal and Vertical Spillovers?

Damijan, Joze P.; Knell, Mark; Majcen, Boris; Rojec, Matija - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

The paper exploits a large set of more than 8,000 firms for ten advanced transition countries in order to uncover the importance of different channels of technology transfer through FDI and its impact on productivity growth of local firms. In addition to direct effects, we also distinguish...

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Falling Walls and Lifting Curtains: Analysis of Border Effects in Transition Countries

Kandogan, Yener - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2006

Since McCallum’s (1995) finding of surprisingly high border effect on trade between US and Canada, there have been a number of studies on other parts of the world, and improvements made to the gravity model to accurately measure this effect. This paper suggests some other modifications to the...

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The Reorientation of Transition Countries’ Exports: Changes in Quantity, Quality and Variety

Kandogan, Yener - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

The paper analyzes the factors behind the reorientation of transition countries’ exports to their non-traditional partners outside their former block. First, the amount of reorientation is calculated using a gravity model. Then, reasons for the cross-country differences in the rate of closing...

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