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Costs of trade and self-selection into exporting and importing: The case of Turkish manufacturing firms
Dalgic, Basak; Fazlioglu, Burcu; Gasiorek, Michael - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
This paper focuses on self-selection into trade by exporting and importing firms, and on the presence of differential variable and sunk costs between exporters and importers across different categories of imports. In addition the authors consider the role of intensive and extensive margins with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011203163
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Credit constraints and the extensive margins of exports: First evidence for German manufacturing
Wagner, Joachim - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
constraints and the extensive margins of exports in Germany, one of the leading actors on the international market for goods. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011203165
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Export behaviour of SMEs in the Swedish computer service industry
Falk, Martin; Hagsten, Eva - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
determinants of export participation of Swedish SMEs in the computer service industry. Exports include both goods and services …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011203166
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Are current account deficits sustainable? New evidence from Iran using bounds test approach to level relationship
Heidari, Hassan; Katircioglu, Salih Turan; Davoudi, Narmin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
This paper provides new evidence on the long-run relationship between exports and imports of the Iranian economy by … between imports and exports over the sample period, 1960-2007. This result confirms the finding of Arize (Imports and Exports …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956087
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The granular nature of the great export collapse in German manufacturing industries, 2008/2009
Wagner, Joachim - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
/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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956149
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Access to Finance and Exporting Behavior in Transition Countries
Bernard, Alex; Stabilito, Augusto; Yoo, Julien Donghoon - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
We analyze the link between firms’ access to finance and their decisions to enter and exit the export market. We employ the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) conducted in 2005 and 2008-2009 to 28 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. We find that more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886834
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Export market exit, financial pressure and the crisis
Görg, Holger; Spaliara, Marina-Eliza - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
Using firm-level data for the UK, we investigate the link between firms’ financial health, borrowing ratio and export exit, paying special attention to the recent financial crisis. Our results show that deterioration in the financial position of firms has increased the hazard of export exit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886863
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Exporters in the Financial Crisis
Görg, Holger; Spaliara, Marina-Eliza - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Using a large panel of UK manufacturing firms over the period 2000—2009, we consider how firms responded during the most recent financial crisis, estimating models for export market participation decisions and firm growth and survival. The results indicate that financial variables are highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886868
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Financial health, exports, and firm survival: A comparison of British and French firms
Görg, Holger; Spaliara, Marina-Eliza - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
We examine the differential effects of financial status and exporting activity on the likelihood of survival for firms in the UK and France - two countries with different financial systems. We aim to answer two main questions: What is the direct impact of financial characteristics and different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010982708
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Imported inputs and Egyptian exports: Exploring the links
Parra, María Dolores; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
. Secondly, the authors estimate the determinants of the extensive and intensive margins of exports and imports using dynamic … imports than for exports pointing to the existence of sunk costs in both activities. Moreover, past productivity does affect … the extensive margin of imports, but not of exports and the initial condition status is also only relevant for the import …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269109