Browsing Department of Economics (ECO) by Subject "Heterogeneous firms"

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Browsing Department of Economics (ECO) by Subject "Heterogeneous firms"

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    Title: International Trade and Growth: The Impact of Selection and Imitation  Author(s): STÖLTING, Sarah Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper develops an endogenous growth model with heterogeneous firms to analyze the impact of intra-industry trade on productivity growth. Growth is generated by selection, and sustained by entrants imitating successful ...
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    Title: Gravity and Information:Heterogeneous Firms, Exporter Networks and the ‘Distance Puzzle’  Author(s): KRAUTHEIM, Sebastian Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Distance effects in empirical gravity equations appear to be too high to be explained by transport costs alone. Moreover, despite the strong and ongoing reduction of transport costs, the estimated coefficients are rather ...
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    Title: Firm Heterogeneity and the Two Sources of Gains from Trade  Author(s): AGUR, Itai Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Recent empirical work identies two main channels through which consumers benefit from trade. Trade liberalization lowers prices, while it raises product variety. This paper develops the first model that connects both ...