A survey of empirical studies using transaction level data on exports and imports

Wagner, Joachim

doi:10.1007/s10290-015-0235-8

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“…On the other hand, exporting into advanced markets does not naturally carry any built-in advantages other than facing intensified competition and rising costs. This end in fact is well confirmed by Wagner's empirical study [3] [48], where data from manufacturing enterprises of Germany show that any produc-tivity advantages of international trading firms are eaten up by extra costs related to selling and buying in foreign markets.…”

Section: International Trade and Firms' Survivalsupporting

confidence: 54%

“…The empirical branch of the literature was initiated by Bernard and Jensen [1], and the theoretical branch by Melitz [2]. For recent reviews on the related research, please see [3] for empirical studies and [4] for theoretical investigations. Due to the ongoing globalization of economies Theoretical Economics Letters from around the world, investigations on this research topic have been helping not only relevant academic discussions but also public debates and policy decision making, because of their importance for local, regional, national, and international economic developments.…”

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Domestic Firms, Exporters and Importers: A Systemic Perspective

Forrest

Trebing

Chatterjee

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Based on the exponentially growing literature in recent years on international trade and firm performance, this paper develops a general theory for this area based on systemic logic and game theory. After developing two theorems on the dynamics of the domestic market, we direct our attention to establishing results on exports to either less developed or advanced markets. Finally, a general theory is formulated regarding international trade (exports and imports) that includes selected indices of firm performance (productivity, profitability, wages, and survival). In addition to confirming empirical findings in the literature, we also delineate some suggestions for future research. This paper introduces systemic thinking into the study of international trade that is expected to provide a much needed framework for public debates and policy decision making.

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Section: International Trade and Firms' Survivalsupporting

confidence: 54%

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confidence: 99%

Domestic Firms, Exporters and Importers: A Systemic Perspective

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Trebing

Chatterjee

et al. 2019

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“…This theoretical framework helps to understand many of the stylised facts on exporting uncovered by empirical studies using transaction‐level data by product and destination country. Drawing on the review of this small but growing literature by Wagner (), we highlight below the main findings we build on and which we use to benchmark our results. Further, we distinguish specificities found for small open economies and we also discuss the existing evidence from Ireland we add to.…”

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Firm strategies in expanding and diversifying exports

2018

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This paper provides novel empirical evidence on the patterns and dynamics of exports by Irish firms over the past two decades from a highly detailed data set of export records at the firm‐product‐destination level. We identify patterns of export concentration and specialisation and how these evolved over time. Firms’ strategies for export growth along product and destination markets mixes are then examined and the contributions of intensive (average sales) and extensive (number of products or markets) margins to overall exports and to export growth are calculated. We find that most exporting firms are quite small, selling a few products to a small number of destinations while export values are dominated by a relatively small group of highly globalised large firms selling many products to many destinations. Continuing exporters frequently introduce new products, drop products and enter and exit markets. Export growth in the case of Irish‐owned exporters appears largely driven by the extensive margin of product and destination changes. However, the opposite pattern holds for foreign‐owned firms with growth mainly coming from the intensive margin.

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“…Multi-product manufacturing exporters sell on average 10 products to 13 destinations. The fact that multi-product exporters dominate aggregate trade flows in manufacturing is shared with many other countries (see Wagner, 2016, for a review of the empirical literature). Multi-product manufacturing exporters are also prominent in the manufacturing sector as a whole: they may represent a small share of firms (about 16 per cent) but they account for more than 60 per cent of aggregate employment and about 80 per cent of total output.…”

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Trade shocks, product mix adjustment and productivity growth in Italian manufacturing

2020

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In this paper we use firm-level data on the universe of Italian manufacturing multiproduct exporters to test whether demand shocks in export markets lead multi-product exporters to increase their productivity. The main mechanism behind the documented productivity gains is the reallocation of resources across products within firms (Mayer et al., 2014 and 2016). Intuitively, the increased demand stemming from foreign markets will induce firms to adjust their product-mix by moving inputs from low to high productive/profitable uses. We find that these productivity gains are significant and account for about 30 per cent of aggregate productivity growth in the manufacturing sector.

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A survey of empirical studies using transaction level data on exports and imports

Cited by 62 publications

References 56 publications

Domestic Firms, Exporters and Importers: A Systemic Perspective

Domestic Firms, Exporters and Importers: A Systemic Perspective

Firm strategies in expanding and diversifying exports

Trade shocks, product mix adjustment and productivity growth in Italian manufacturing

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