James Tybout

Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics

517 Kern Graduate Building

University Park, PA 16802-3306

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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Manufacturing Firms in Developing Countries: How Well Do They Do, and Why?

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
James Tybout
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Openness and Industrial Response in a Wal-Mart World: A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents, and Surfactant Producers

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Openness and Industrial Response in a Wal-Mart World: A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents, and Surfactant Producers

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3899
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 11 Oct 2006
Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, Wolfgang Keller and James Tybout
University of Oxford - Department of Economics, University of Colorado and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Markets and Market Access, Economic Theory & Research, Transport Economics Policy & Planning, Water and Industry, Access to Markets

Openness and Industrial Response in a Wal-Mart World: A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents, and Surfactant Producers

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3999
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, Wolfgang Keller and James Tybout
University of Oxford - Department of Economics, University of Colorado and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Markets and Market Access, Transport Economics Policy & Planning, Access to Markets, Economic Theory & Research, Water and Industry

Openness and Industrial Response in a Wal-Mart World: A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents and Surfactant Producers

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5823
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Oct 2006
Wolfgang Keller, Beata Smarzynska Javorcik and James Tybout
University of Colorado, University of Oxford - Department of Economics and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Trade liberalization, FDI liberalization, NAFTA, GATT, WTO, Wal-Mart, retail sector reform, technology transfer, trucking, multinational enterprises, detergent industry

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An Empirical Model of Sunk Costs and the Decision to Export

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Mark J. Roberts and James Tybout
Pennsylvania State University - College of the Liberal Arts - Department of Economics and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Product Quality, Productive Efficiency, and International Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Plant-Level Panel Data

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Aart Kraay, Isidro Soloaga and James Tybout
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Does Promoting High Tech Products Spur Development?

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Oct 1998
Julie Hunt and James Tybout
KPMG LLP, Montvale and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Export Dynamics in Colombia: Firm-Level Evidence

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Export Dynamics in Colombia: Firm-Level Evidence

KSG Working Paper No. RWP07-050
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 04 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2007
Jonathan Eaton, Marcela Eslava, Maurice Kugler and James Tybout
Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics, University of the Andes (CEDE), United Nations Development Programme and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Economics, International Economics

Export Dynamics in Colombia: Firm-Level Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w13531
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 24 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2022
Jonathan Eaton, Marcela Eslava, Maurice Kugler and James Tybout
Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics, University of the Andes (CEDE), Wilfrid Laurier University - School of Business & Economics and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Firm Dynamics, Job Turnover, and Wage Distributions in an Open Economy

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Firm Dynamics, Job Turnover, and Wage Distributions in an Open Economy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7718
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 04 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Kerem Cosar, Nezih Guner and James Tybout
Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics, Charles III University of Madrid and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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size distribution, firm dynamics, international trade, labor market frictions, inequality

Firm Dynamics, Job Turnover, and Wage Distributions in an Open Economy

NBER Working Paper No. w16326
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 07 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2023
Kerem Cosar, Nezih Guner and James Tybout
Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics, ICREA-MOVE and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Firm Dynamics, Job Turnover, and Wage Distributions in an Open Economy

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9732
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Nov 2013
Kerem Cosar, Nezih Guner and James Tybout
Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics, ICREA-MOVE and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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firm dynamics, inequality, International trade, labor market frictions, size distribution

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Plant- and Firm-Level Evidence on "New" Trade Theories

NBER Working Paper No. w8418
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 14 Aug 2001 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2022
James Tybout
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Market Entry Costs, Producer Heterogeneity, and Export Dynamics

NBER Working Paper No. w8629
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 06 Dec 2001 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2022
Sanghamitra Das, Mark J. Roberts and James Tybout
Indian Statistical Institute, Pennsylvania State University - College of the Liberal Arts - Department of Economics and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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A Firm'S-Eye View of Policy and Fiscal Reforms in Cameroon

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Bernard Gauthier, Isidro Soloaga and James Tybout
HEC Montreal, Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Is "Learning-by-Exporting" Important? Micro-Dynamic Evidence from Colombia, Mexico and Morocco

NBER Working Paper No. w5715
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2022
Sofronis Clerides, Saul Lach and James Tybout
University of Cyprus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Why Plant-Level Productivity Studies are Often Misleading, and an Alternative Approach to Interference

NBER Working Paper No. w9617
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2022
Hajime Katayama, Shihua Lu and James Tybout
Waseda University - School of Commerce, Charles River Associates and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Trade Policy and Industrial Sector Responses: Using Evolutionary Models to Interpret the Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w9947
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Sep 2003 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2022
Erkan Erdem and James Tybout
Pennsylvania State University, College of the Liberal Arts - Department of Economic and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Supplier Responses to Wal-Mart's Invasion of Mexico

NBER Working Paper No. w17204
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2023
Leo Iacovone, Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, Wolfgang Keller and James Tybout
World Bank, University of Oxford - Department of Economics, University of Colorado and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Credit Rationing, Risk Aversion and Industrial Evolution in Developing Countries

NBER Working Paper No. w14116
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 22 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2022
Eric W. Bond, James Tybout and Hale Utar
Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics and Grinnell College
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Openness and Industrial Responses in a Wal-Mart World: A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents and Surfactant Producers

NBER Working Paper No. w12457
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2022
Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, Wolfgang Keller and James Tybout
University of Oxford - Department of Economics, University of Colorado and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
Downloads 44 (853,099)
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Is Learning-by-Exporting Important? Micro-Dynamic Evidence from Colombia, Mexico and Morocco

Posted: 10 Jan 1997
Sofronis Clerides, Saul Lach and James Tybout
University of Cyprus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics

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