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subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for …
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import liberalization by lowering tariffs that protected labor-intensive industries like textiles. So, the short-run effect … an increase in the demand for skilled labor. In those industries in which the import penetration increased the most, the …
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simultaneously import intermediate inputs and export (vertically specialized firms à la Hummels et al., The Nature and Growth of …The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the probability of ceasing to export is lower for firms that …, sourcing inputs from abroad plays an important role in continuing to export. Thus, it seems that small firms which are both …
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reports a negative impact of credit constraints on both the number of goods exported and the number of export destination …
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Export participation of SMEs in Swedish computer services has increased rapidly over the last decade. Despite the … increase, export participation rates of SMEs including micro enterprises remain rather low at 13 percent in 2010. Based on … determinants of export participation of Swedish SMEs in the computer service industry. Exports include both goods and services …
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The paper uses a gravity model to examine the role of corruption in the direction of trade in a data set comprising OECD economies, new EU members and developing nations. Contrary to a number of studies, the findings suggest that membership of the RTAs does not always increase bilateral trade...
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The prevalence of Internet-based sales by exporters vs. non-exporters is highlighted in a recent World Bank Report (Ferro, 2011) suggesting the use of sophisticated processes when selling overseas. We investigate the count of new process/ product innovations for a group of newly exporting...
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Trade policy barriers are only one element of overall trade costs. Among these, and due to the decrease in the influence of tariff barriers on trade over time, institutional barriers might increase in relative importance and become a key obstacle to the movements of goods across countries. This...
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Although an extensive amount of literature reviews emerging patterns of east-west co-operation, it is not easy to grasp the state of the art. Too many of the books, articles and papers tend to mark the trees rather than to map the forest. The paper analyses recent trends from the point of view...
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This paper analyses the causes of the precipitous fall in trade among the twelve CIS countries since 1990; points out the implications for industrial restructuring; and discusses the policy options for regional reintegration. The main finding is that the decline in intra-C!S trade was initiated by...
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