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Gotcha! A Profile of Smuggling in International Trade
Berger, Helge; Nitsch, Volker - 2021
This paper explores official trade data to identify patterns of smuggling in international trade. Our main measure of interest is the difference in matched partner trade statistics, i.e., the extent to which the recorded export value in the source country deviates from the reported import value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316439
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Die Another Day : Duration in German Import Trade
Nitsch, Volker - 2007
International trade patterns at the product level are surprisingly dynamic. The majority of trade relationships exist for just a few, often only one to three, years. In this paper, I examine empirically the duration in German import trade at the 8-digit product level from 1995 to 2005. I find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776021
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Die Another Day: Duration in German Import Trade
Nitsch, Volker - CESifo - 2007
International trade patterns at the product level are surprisingly dynamic. The majority of trade relationships exist for just a few, often only one to three, years. In this paper, I examine empirically the duration in German import trade at the 8-digit product level from 1995 to 2005. I find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094351
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Gotcha! A Profile of Smuggling in International Trade
Berger, Helge; Nitsch, Volker - CESifo - 2008
This paper explores official trade data to identify patterns of smuggling in international trade. Our main measure of interest is the difference in matched partner trade statistics, i.e., the extent to which the recorded export value in the source country deviates from the reportedimport value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181615
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The Theory of the Firm Goes Global
Marin, Dalia - 2013
What insights can be gained from bringing the theory of the firm to the global economy? I discuss several new features of the world economy that can be explained by incorporating the theory of the firm into the theory of international trade. Among the new features I discuss are the move to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071383
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The Theory of the Firm Goes Global
Marin, Dalia - CESifo - 2013
What insights can be gained from bringing the theory of the firm to the global economy? I discuss several new features of the world economy that can be explained by incorporating the theory of the firm into the theory of international trade. Among the new features I discuss are the move to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877726
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The Extensive Margin of Exporting Products : A Firm-Level Analysis
Arkolakis, Costas - 2011
multi-product exporters: (i) few top-selling products account for the bulk of a firm's exports in a market, (ii) the … firm-product heterogeneity with entry costs that depend on exporter scope. Estimating this model for the within-firm sales … distribution we identify the nature and components of product entry costs. We find that firms face a strong decline in product …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131349
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The Collapse Speed of China's Exports in the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis
Jing, Ran - 2011
This paper studies the performance of China's exports during the 2008—2009 financial crisis. It focuses on the speed at … which China's exports were hit by this downturn. Product-country monthly exports data is utilized. It is found that GDP … growth rates of importing countries play an important role in explaining how fast exports fall below the values of the same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120072
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Firm Export Survival : Micro-Evidence from the Philippines
Pelkmans-Balaoing, Annette O. - 2017
investigated as well. A rich and new firm-level data base is employed, which matches the firm-coded trade transactions data (7 … increase the probability of firm exit as expected. Export survival rates are highest among firms that select an export price …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963749
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Firm Heterogeneity and Exports in the Netherlands : Identifying Export Potential
Brakman, Steven - 2017
productive enough to overcome the entry costs of foreign markets. Once firms pass this productivity threshold, they all export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951688