the micro-structure of the recent export collapse in manufacturing industries in Germany during the crisis of 2008 …/2009. Almost all of the decline in exports was due to negative changes of exports in firms that continue to export (i.e. at the so …-called intensive margin) while the decrease of exports due to export stoppers (at the so-called extensive margin) was tiny. It is shown …

the micro-structure of the recent export collapse in manufacturing industries in Germany during the crisis of 2008 …/2009. Almost all of the decline in exports was due to negative changes of exports in firms that continue to export (i.e. at the so …-called intensive margin) while the decrease of exports due to export stoppers (at the so-called extensive margin) was tiny. It is shown …

and imports to document facts about the amount of intra-good trade - the simultaneous export and import of identical goods … of trading firms are then used to report differences between firms that export and import different goods only (inter …-good traders) and firms that engage in the simultaneous export and import of identical goods (intra-good traders). We find that the …

This paper uses information on all export transactions of goods by German firms with countries outside the European … Union from 2009 to 2014 to document for the first time the patterns of export participation at the firm …-good-destination level over time and to investigate the link between the duration of export patterns and characteristics of destination …