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  • Trade and productivity effects on firm behavior : the case of Korean manufacturing

    Creator:
    Kim, Sooil
    Abstract:
    This dissertation’s three essays investigate trade and productivity effects on firm behavior based on new heterogeneous-firms trade models in the case of Korea. In the first essay, firms’ decision to export in the case of Korean manufacturing industries is examined, where the change in firms’ productivity before and after exports...
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    markets. In industries where Korea has a comparative advantage, high productivity of firms appears to

  • Three essays on firm heterogeneity and regional development

    Creator:
    Saito, Hisamitsu
    Abstract:
    The objective of this dissertation is to theoretically and empirically examine the role of firm heterogeneity in terms of productivity and skill-intensity in the agglomeration process and the effect of agglomeration on regional economic development. In the first essay, I analyze the effect of trade liberalization on agglomeration of high-...
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    Dissertation
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    productivity include specializing in targeted industry, diversifying regional industrial structure, enlarging