From selling goods to selling services: firm responses to trade liberalization
In this paper we focus on a new channel of adaptation to trade liberalization, namely the shift toward increased provision of services in lieu of goods production. We exploit variation in European Union trade policy to show that lower manufacturing tariffs lead firms to shift into services provisio...
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| description | In this paper we focus on a new channel of adaptation to trade liberalization, namely the shift toward increased provision of services in lieu of goods production. We
exploit variation in European Union trade policy to show that lower manufacturing tariffs lead firms to shift into services provision and out of goods production. We also find that a successful transition is associated with higher firm-level R&D stocks. |
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| spelling | nottingham-494802018-09-26T04:30:19Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49480/ From selling goods to selling services: firm responses to trade liberalization Breinlich, Holger Soderbery, Anson Wright, Greg C. In this paper we focus on a new channel of adaptation to trade liberalization, namely the shift toward increased provision of services in lieu of goods production. We exploit variation in European Union trade policy to show that lower manufacturing tariffs lead firms to shift into services provision and out of goods production. We also find that a successful transition is associated with higher firm-level R&D stocks. American Economic Association 2018-02-27 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49480/1/BSW_AEJ_final.pdf Breinlich, Holger, Soderbery, Anson and Wright, Greg C. (2018) From selling goods to selling services: firm responses to trade liberalization. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy . ISSN 1945-7731 Services Trade Trade Liberalization Import Competition https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20150116&&from=f |
| spellingShingle | Services Trade Trade Liberalization Import Competition Breinlich, Holger Soderbery, Anson Wright, Greg C. From selling goods to selling services: firm responses to trade liberalization |
| title | From selling goods to selling services: firm responses to trade liberalization |
| title_full | From selling goods to selling services: firm responses to trade liberalization |
| title_fullStr | From selling goods to selling services: firm responses to trade liberalization |
| title_full_unstemmed | From selling goods to selling services: firm responses to trade liberalization |
| title_short | From selling goods to selling services: firm responses to trade liberalization |
| title_sort | from selling goods to selling services: firm responses to trade liberalization |
| topic | Services Trade Trade Liberalization Import Competition |
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