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  1. 1. What Drives Exports? Empirical Evidence at the Firm Level

    Författare :Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; firm-level exports; distance effect; import; productivity; innovation;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to the understand how firms engage in exporting, particularly in consideration of three aspects—product type, past trade experience, and investments in innovation activities. It consists of one introductory chapter and three independent papers relating to determinants of firms’ exporting. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Impact of international competition on Swedish manufacturing : individual and firm-level evidence from the 1990s

    Författare :Nannan Lundin; Pär Hansson; Lars Lundberg; Jozef Konings; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nationalekonomi; export; firm-level productivity; reallocation; import discipline; market structure; mark-up; product differentiation; matched employer-employee data; inter-industry wage structure; nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four papers examining the impact of international competition on Swedish manufacturing and labor market during the 1990s. By using detailed individual and firm-level information I aim to investigate how increased exposure to international trade, in terms of both export orientation and import penetration, affects technology development, profitability and wage structure. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Dynamic Investment Models, Employment Generation and Productivity – Evidence from Swedish Data

    Författare :Yoshihiro Sato; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; uncertainty; capacity utilization; real options model; firm-level panel data; economies of scale; non-homothetic production function; entrepreneurial firms; employment generation; productivity; post-entry performance;

    Sammanfattning : See abstracts in GUPEA.... LÄS MER

  5. 4. Carbon Footprints in a Global Marketplace : Firm-Level Insights on Trade and the Environment

    Författare :Albert Duodu; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Offshoring; Swedish firms; Emissions; Import competition; Energy prices; Productivity; Employment; Carbon leakage; Pass-through;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis consists of three independent research papers. All papers are empirical and cover the area of international trade and environmental economics, with particular focus on Swedish manufacturing firms. The first paper investigates how carbon offshoring could contribute to cleaner production. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Does foreign ownership matter? : Multinational firms, productivity and spillovers

    Författare :Patrik Karpaty; Lars Lundberg; Erik Mellander; Holger Görg; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; FDI; Multinational firms; productivity; export; spillovers; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four essays dealing with the role of foreign owned firms for the development of productivity and exports in Swedish manufacturing. The essays share a common theme, i.e. that multinational firms (MNF) possess some intangible assets that could be transferred to their affiliates. LÄS MER