Multiproduct Firms and Trade Liberalization

Bernard, Andrew B.; Redding, Stephen J.; Schott, Peter K.

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“…The estimated parameters for the human capital variable (luni) and R&D (R_D) display positive signs and are statistically significant at the 1% level. 6 This means that R&D activities and the share of workers with university degrees in total employment are positively related to the probability of exporting.…”

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The Determinants of Export Performance of Firms in Selected MENA Countries: Comparison with CEE Countries, Israel and Turkey

Cieślik

Michałek

Tovias

2017

Central European Economic Journal

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Abstract:In this paper, we study the export performance determinants of firms in selected MENA countries, both jointly and separately, as well as compare them with the performance of firms from countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The analysis is based on information about individual firms found in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and World Bank Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) V database, covering the period 2011-2014. We estimate the probability of exports, while controlling for country-and sector-specific effects, using the probit model. We find that, in both groups of countries, similar variables affect firm export performance. Our empirical results obtained for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and CEE countries indicate that the probability of exporting is positively related to the level of productivity, firm size, spending on research and development (R&D), the share of university graduates in productive employment and the internationalization of firms. State ownership and the perception of corruption by firms are mostly not statistically significant. The results obtained for the two groups of countries are statistically not very different, but enough to have some policy implications, while results for particular countries and subgroups of countries reveal a large degree of heterogeneity.

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Section: Estimation Resultsmentioning

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The Determinants of Export Performance of Firms in Selected MENA Countries: Comparison with CEE Countries, Israel and Turkey

Cieślik

Michałek

Tovias

2017

Central European Economic Journal

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“…30 A multiproduct firms can adjust its product mix in response to shocks (Bernard et al, 2011). Also market size and degree of market competition 29 We notice that the variable import share cause an endogeneity issue.…”

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Exchange Rate Induced Export Quality Upgrading: A Firm-Level Perspective

Parsley

Tan

2017

SSRN Journal

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This paper explores the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on exported product quality. Existing studies of quality upgrading stress the link between home country depreciation and increased access to export markets. Our focus in this study is on the complimentary effect of an import currency appreciation (i.e., the domestic currency appreciates relative to the sourcing country's currency). Our main finding is that firms upgrade their export quality in response to an import currency appreciation. We first develop a partial equilibrium model to reveal the mechanism: an import currency appreciation that makes imported intermediates cheaper allows firms to switch to higher quality intermediates, which in turn, increase export quality. Using Chinese Customs data during 2000-2006, we find that an import appreciation increases both import, and export quality. Furthermore, export quality increases more for less productive firms, and for firms exporting to developed countries.

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“…Bernard et al (2011) develop a general equilibrium model of multi-product, multi-destination firms with heterogeneity in ability across firms and in product attributes within firms. They test core implications of this model with transaction level data from the United States.…”

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

Wagner

2015

Rev World Econ

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Multiproduct Firms and Trade Liberalization

Cited by 662 publications

References 58 publications

The Determinants of Export Performance of Firms in Selected MENA Countries: Comparison with CEE Countries, Israel and Turkey

The Determinants of Export Performance of Firms in Selected MENA Countries: Comparison with CEE Countries, Israel and Turkey

Exchange Rate Induced Export Quality Upgrading: A Firm-Level Perspective

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

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