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Johannes Van Biesebroeck

K.U.Leuven

Professor

Naamsestraat 69

B-3000 Leuven

Belgium

http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/public/N07057/

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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1.

Effects of the Crisis on the Automotive Industry in Developing Countries: A Global Value Chain Perspective

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5330
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Timothy Sturgeon and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and K.U.Leuven
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Markets and Market Access, Microfinance, Labor Policies, Economic Theory & Research, Debt Markets

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The Relationship between Market Structure and Innovation in Industry Equilibrium: A Case Study of the Global Automobile Industry

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The Relationship between Market Structure and Innovation in Industry Equilibrium: A Case Study of the Global Automobile Industry

Review of Economics and Statistics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2014
Aamir Rafique Hashmi and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
University of Calgary - Department of Economics and K.U.Leuven
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Competition, Innovation, Dynamic Games, Schumpeter

The Relationship between Market Structure and Innovation in Industry Equilibrium: A Case Study of the Global Automobile Industry

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Jan 2012
Aamir Rafique Hashmi and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
University of Calgary - Department of Economics and K.U.Leuven
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competition, innovation, dynamic game, Schumpeter

The Relationship between Market Structure and Innovation in Industry Equilibrium: A Case Study of the Global Automobile Industry

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8783
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 31 Jan 2012
Aamir Rafique Hashmi and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
University of Calgary - Department of Economics and K.U.Leuven
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Competition, Dynamic game, Schumpeter

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Crisis and Protection in the Automotive Industry: A Global Value Chain Perspective

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5060
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Timothy Sturgeon and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and K.U.Leuven
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Markets and Market Access, Economic Theory & Research, Labor Policies, Water and Industry, Debt Markets

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The Impact of Trade Promotion Services on Canadian Exporter Performance

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The Impact of Trade Promotion Services on Canadian Exporter Performance

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 May 2010
Johannes Van Biesebroeck, Emily Yu and Shenjie Chen
K.U.Leuven, Government of Canada - Foreign Affairs and International Trade and Government of Canada - Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)
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Export Promotion, Heterogeneous Firms, Canada

The Impact of Trade Promotion Services on Canadian Exporter Performance

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 Oct 2011
Johannes Van Biesebroeck, Emily Yu and Shenjie Chen
K.U.Leuven, Government of Canada - Foreign Affairs and International Trade and Government of Canada - Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)
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export promotion, treatment effect, heterogeneous firms

The Impact of Trade Promotion Services on Canadian Exporter Performance

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8597
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Nov 2011
Shenjie Chen, Johannes Van Biesebroeck and Emily S. Yu
affiliation not provided to SSRN, K.U.Leuven and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Export Promotion, heterogeneous firms, treatment effect

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Creative Accounting or Creative Destruction? Firm-Level Productivity Growth in Chinese Manufacturing

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Creative Accounting or Creative Destruction? Firm-Level Productivity Growth in Chinese Manufacturing

NBER Working Paper No. w15152
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Jul 2009
Loren Brandt, Johannes Van Biesebroeck and Yifan Zhang
University of Toronto - Department of Economics, K.U.Leuven and Zhongshan University - Department of Economics
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Creative Accounting or Creative Destruction? Firm-Level Productivity Growth in Chinese Manufacturing

Posted: 11 Jul 2009
Loren Brandt, Johannes Van Biesebroeck and Yifan Zhang
University of Toronto - Department of Economics, K.U.Leuven and Zhongshan University - Department of Economics

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Total Factor Productivity, Manufacturing, China

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Protection for Sale with Imperfect Rent Capturing

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Protection for Sale with Imperfect Rent Capturing

University of Kiel Economics Working Paper No. 2004-01
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Apr 2004
Giovanni Facchini, Johannes Van Biesebroeck and Gerald Willmann
Tinbergen Institute, K.U.Leuven and Bielefeld University
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Protection for Sale

Protection for Sale with Imperfect Rent Capturing

NBER Working Paper No. w11269
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2012
Giovanni Facchini, Johannes Van Biesebroeck and Gerald Willmann
Tinbergen Institute, K.U.Leuven and Bielefeld University
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Protection for Sale with Imperfect Rent Capturing

Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 845-873, August 2006
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 Nov 2006
Giovanni Facchini, Johannes Van Biesebroeck and Gerald Willmann
Tinbergen Institute, K.U.Leuven and Bielefeld University
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Robustness of Productivity Estimates

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Robustness of Productivity Estimates

NBER Working Paper No. w10303
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 17 Feb 2004
Johannes Van Biesebroeck
K.U.Leuven
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Robustness of Productivity Estimates

Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 55, Issue 3, pp. 529-569, September 2007
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Sep 2007
Johannes Van Biesebroeck
K.U.Leuven
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Market Structure and Innovation: A Dynamic Analysis of the Global Automobile Industry

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Market Structure and Innovation: A Dynamic Analysis of the Global Automobile Industry

NBER Working Paper No. w15959
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 10 May 2010 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2010
Aamir Rafique Hashmi and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
University of Calgary - Department of Economics and K.U.Leuven
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Market Structure and Innovation: A Dynamic Analysis of the Global Automobile Industry

Posted: 08 May 2007
Aamir Rafique Hashmi and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
University of Calgary - Department of Economics and K.U.Leuven

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Competition and Innovation, Automobile Industry, Dynamic Games

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Proximity Strategies in Outsourcing Relations: The Role of Geographical, Cultural and Relational Proximity in the European Automotive Industry

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Mar 2013
Alexander Schmitt and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
KU Leuven and K.U.Leuven
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Revisiting Some Productivity Debates

NBER Working Paper No. w10065
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Nov 2003 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2010
Johannes Van Biesebroeck
K.U.Leuven
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Complementarities in Automobile Production

NBER Working Paper No. w12131
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 18 May 2006 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2010
Johannes Van Biesebroeck
K.U.Leuven
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Trade Growth Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act

NBER Working Paper No. w13222
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2010
Garth Frazer and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and K.U.Leuven
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Cross-Country Conversion Factors for Sectoral Productivity Comparisons

NBER Working Paper No. w10279
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Feb 2004 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2010
Johannes Van Biesebroeck
K.U.Leuven
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Global Sourcing of a Complex Good

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Global Sourcing of a Complex Good

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Nov 2011
Johannes Van Biesebroeck and Lijun Zhang
K.U.Leuven and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
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outsourcing, property rights, FDI

Global Sourcing of a Complex Good

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8614
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Nov 2011
Johannes Van Biesebroeck and Lijun Zhang
K.U.Leuven and University College of the Fraser Valley
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FDI, Outsourcing, property rights

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Did Export Promotion Help Firms Weather the Crisis?

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Did Export Promotion Help Firms Weather the Crisis?

VIVES Discussion Paper, No. 51
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 Feb 2016
Johannes Van Biesebroeck, Jozef Konings and Christian Volpe Martincus
K.U.Leuven, Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) - LICOS - Centrum voor Transitie-economie and Inter-American Development Bank
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Did Export Promotion Help Firms Weather the Crisis?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11101
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Feb 2016
Jozef Konings, Johannes Van Biesebroeck and Christian Volpe Martincus
Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) - LICOS - Centrum voor Transitie-economie, K.U.Leuven and Inter-American Development Bank
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crisis, export performance, export promotion

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Using Export Market Performance to Evaluate Regional Preferential Policies in China

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Using Export Market Performance to Evaluate Regional Preferential Policies in China

Katholieke Universiteit Department of Economics Discussion Paper No. 11-33
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Jan 2012
Annette Schminke and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
KU Leuven and K.U.Leuven
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Spillovers, international trade, upgrading

Using Export Market Performance to Evaluate Regional Preferential Policies in China

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8696
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 22 Dec 2011
Annette Schminke and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
KU Leuven and K.U.Leuven
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ETDZ, innovation policy, regional economics, spillover, STIP, treatment effects

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Wages Equal Productivity: Fact or Fiction?

NBER Working Paper No. w10174
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 23 Dec 2003
Johannes Van Biesebroeck
K.U.Leuven
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Outsourcing When Investments are Specific and Complementary

NBER Working Paper No. w14477
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 Nov 2008
Alla Lileeva and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
York University - Department of Economics and K.U.Leuven
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Wage and Productivity Premiums in Sub-Saharan Africa

NBER Working Paper No. w13306
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2013
Johannes Van Biesebroeck
K.U.Leuven
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Employment Growth Following Takeovers

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Employment Growth Following Takeovers

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Oct 2017
Karen Geurts and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
KU Leuven - Center for Economic Studies and K.U.Leuven
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Merger, Acquisition, Labor demand, Restructuring

Employment Growth Following Takeovers

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12167
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Jul 2017
Karen Geurts and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
KU Leuven - Center for Economic Studies and K.U.Leuven
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efficiency defense, Firm Dynamics, M&A, Matching, merger

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Effects of Deregulation and Vertical Unbundling on the Performance of China's Electricity Generation Sector

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Effects of Deregulation and Vertical Unbundling on the Performance of China's Electricity Generation Sector

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Dec 2011
Hang Gao and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
affiliation not provided to SSRN and K.U.Leuven
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productivity, regulation

Effects of Deregulation and Vertical Unbundling on the Performance of China's Electricity Generation Sector

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8695
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 Dec 2011
Hang Gao and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
affiliation not provided to SSRN and K.U.Leuven
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Productivity, regulation

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Exporting Raises Productivity in Sub-Saharan African Manufacturing Plants

NBER Working Paper No. w10020
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 13 Oct 2003
Johannes Van Biesebroeck
K.U.Leuven
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Challenges of Working with the Chinese NBS Firm-Level Data

KU Leuven Discussion Paper Series DPS14.15
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2014
Loren Brandt, Johannes Van Biesebroeck and Yifan Zhang
University of Toronto - Department of Economics, K.U.Leuven and Lingnan University
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Functional Upgrading in China's Export Processing Sector

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Functional Upgrading in China's Export Processing Sector

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Oct 2017
Ari Van Assche and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
HEC Montreal and K.U.Leuven
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Functional Upgrading in China's Export Processing Sector

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11967
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Apr 2017
Ari Van Assche and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
HEC Montreal and K.U.Leuven
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global value chains, industrial development, Manufacturing

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Job Creation, Firm Creation, and De Novo Entry

KU Leuven Discussion Paper Series DPS14.25
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Oct 2014
Karen Geurts and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
Center for Economic Studies - KULeuven and K.U.Leuven
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Productivity, Exporting and Financial Constraints of Chinese SMEs

HKIMR Working Paper No.1/2018
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Feb 2018
Johannes Van Biesebroeck
K.U.Leuven
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trade credit, finance, learning-by-exporting, scale economies

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Governing Supply Relationships: Evidence from the Automotive Industry

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Oct 2017
Alexander Schmitt and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
KU Leuven and K.U.Leuven
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The Impact of Export Promotion on Export Market Entry

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11776
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 Jan 2017
Annette Schminke and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
Vienna University of Economics and Business and K.U.Leuven
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export market entry, International Trade, trade policy

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The Impact of Trade Promotion Services on Canadian Exporter Performance

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, Vol. 48, Issue 4, pp. 1481-1512, 2015,
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 May 2016
Johannes Van Biesebroeck, Emily Yu and Shenjie Chen
K.U.Leuven, Government of Canada - Foreign Affairs and International Trade and Government of Canada - Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)
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The Effect of International Competition on Firm Productivity and Market Power

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11114
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Feb 2016
Jan De Loecker and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
Princeton University - Department of Economics and K.U.Leuven
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competition, firm performance, trade liberalization

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Effect of International Competition on Firm Productivity and Market Power

NBER Working Paper No. w21994
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 Feb 2016
Jan De Loecker and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
Princeton University - Department of Economics and K.U.Leuven
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Job Creation, Firm Creation, and De Novo Entry

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10118
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 23 Oct 2014
Karen Geurts and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
Center for Economic Studies - KULeuven and K.U.Leuven
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employment growth, firm dynamics, Gibrat's law

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Effects of Deregulation and Vertical Unbundling on the Performance of China's Electricity Generation Sector

The Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 62, Issue 1, pp. 41-76, 2014
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Mar 2014
Hang Gao and Johannes Van Biesebroeck
KU Leuven and K.U.Leuven
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Value Chains, Networks and Clusters: Reframing the Global Automotive Industry

Journal of Economic Geography, Vol. 8, Issue 3, pp. 297-321, 2008
Posted: 07 Jul 2008
Timothy Sturgeon, Johannes Van Biesebroeck and G. Gereffi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), K.U.Leuven and Duke University - Department of Sociology - Director, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness

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Automobiles, global value chains, networks, clusters, governance, institutions