Export mode, firm heterogeneity, and source country characteristics

Davies, Ronald B.; Jeppesen, Tine

doi:10.1007/s10290-014-0207-4

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“…Graphically, we check whether our data is consistent with the theory that exporters sell more, pay higher wages, hire more workers and perform better than nonexporters (Davies & Jeppesen, ; Lee, ; McCann, ; Melitz, ). Figures show kernel density estimates of the log of sales, employment and performance (productivity) between exporters and nonexporters.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…In the survey, firms are asked to indicate their share of sales coming from national or export sales (direct and indirect) . We follow Davies and Jeppesen () and McCann () and define a firm as an exporting firm if any of its share of sales comes from export (either directly or indirectly). From this definition, we deduce from the data that the number of nonexporting firms (52 461) exceeds that of exporting firms (15 182) .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Productivity is not exogenous with respect to the propensity and intensity of exports. A firm can only export more if it has high productivity, and also exporting firms are more likely to be more productive (McCann, ; Melitz, ; Davies & Jeppesen, ). As a result, it is largely argued that some productive firms may self‐select themselves into the export market (Bernard & Jensen, ; Clerides, Lach, & Tybout, ; De Loecker, ; Wagner, ).…”

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“…Exposure to trade will result in the most efficient firms entering the export market. It is argued that firms that export tend to be larger and more productive, to employ more, and to pay better wages relative to those that do not export (Davies & Jeppesen, ; McCann, ). Bernard et al () for example, argue that differences even exist between firms that are capable of exporting and firms that are not.…”

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Reaching up and reaching out: The impact of competition on firms’ productivity and export decisions

Yan

Hynes

2018

Pacific Economic Review

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Using firm‐level data from 139 countries, this paper investigates the effect of competition in both the domestic and foreign markets on firm productivity and export decisions. Applying a sample selection endogenous treatment (SSET) Poisson model that tackles both the issue of endogenous sample selection and endogenous treatment at the same time, we document robust evidence that strong competition in the domestic market propels firms to be more productive, and decreasing domestic competition increases firms’ propensity to export. However, firms’ export intensity (i.e. how much they export) is not directly influenced by competition in the domestic market. Moreover, lower competition in the foreign market increases the propensity of domestic firms to export, enlarging the set of exporting firms to include firms with relatively smaller export amounts.

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Reaching up and reaching out: The impact of competition on firms’ productivity and export decisions

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Hynes

2018

Pacific Economic Review

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“…A key-feature of our model is that markups also differ by the type of firm (intermediary, indirect manufacturer exporter or direct manufacturer exporter) and this, in turn, leads to a differential response of these types of firms to common external shocks, 1 Among the studies that theoretically address the presence of intermediary firms in international trade, see Rauch and Watson (2004); Raff and Schmitt (2006); Raff and Schmitt (2009); Antràs and Costinot (2011);and Bai et al (2016). Empirical analyses can instead be found in Bernard et al (2010); Ahn et al (2011);Bernard et al (2015); Crozet et al (2013); Grazzi and Tomasi (2016); and Davies and Jeppesen (2015), among others. Finally, it is worth mentioning an emerging line of research delving into the phenomenon of the so-called Carry-along Trade (CAT), i.e.…”

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Export Intermediaries and Adjustments to Exchange Rate Movements

2017

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Building on a heterogeneous-firm modelà la Melitz (2003), we propose a theory of intermediaries in international trade which rationalizes the available evidence on both aggregate and firm-level exports as well as their responsiveness to exchange rate movements. We introduce double marginalization for goods traded indirectly, i.e. through intermediaries, and local distribution costs for all exporting firms, either intermediaries or direct exporters. This leads to heterogeneous markups, pricing-to-market and to a lower degree of exchange rate pass-through for goods exported by intermediaries. This result, validated on Italian firm-level trade data, is consistent with productivity sorting in the export mode and with the propensity of high productivity firms to absorb more exchange rate movements in their markups. We also explore how direct and intermediary export flows to a given destination react to exchange rate movements along the extensive margin of adjustment. Consistently with our theory, we find evidence of a larger variation in the overall number of varieties traded along the intermediary channel.JEL codes: F12, F14, D22. L22.

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Productivity Premia and Firm Heterogeneity in Eastern Africa

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Msami

Mmari

et al. 2022

Frontiers in African Business Research

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The International Institute of Social Studies is Europe's longest-established centre of higher education and research in development studies. On 1 July 2009, it became a University Institute of the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). Post-graduate teaching programmes range from sixweek diploma courses to the PhD programme. Research at ISS is fundamental in the sense of laying a scientific basis for the formulation of appropriate development policies. The academic work of ISS is disseminated in the form of books, journal articles, teaching texts, monographs and working papers. The Working Paper series provides a forum for work in progress which seeks to elicit comments and generate discussion. The series includes academic research by staff, PhD participants and visiting fellows, and award-winning research papers by graduate students.

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Export mode, firm heterogeneity, and source country characteristics

Cited by 25 publications

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Reaching up and reaching out: The impact of competition on firms’ productivity and export decisions

Reaching up and reaching out: The impact of competition on firms’ productivity and export decisions

Export Intermediaries and Adjustments to Exchange Rate Movements

Productivity Premia and Firm Heterogeneity in Eastern Africa

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