Firms adjust to differences in market size and demand uncertainty by changing the frequency and size of their export … well as inventory and per shipments costs. Using a cross section of monthly firm-product-destination level French export … uncertainty by reducing their sales and, for a given export volume, by reducing their number of shipments and increasing their …

Firms adjust to differences in market size and demand uncertainty by changing the frequency and size of their export … well as inventory and per shipments costs. Using a cross section of monthly firm-product-destination level French export … uncertainty by reducing their sales and, for a given export volume, by reducing their number of shipments and increasing their …

size of their export shipments. In our inventory model, transportation costs and optimal shipment frequency are determined …-product-destination level French export data we show that, in line with the predictions of the model, firms adjust on both margins for market … convex marginal cost function. Firms adjust to increased uncertainty by reducing their sales and, for a given export volume …

This paper discusses how international trade is organized from export to trans-boundary transport to import. All … generic trade models in which export and import activities are either organized at arm's length or in a vertical partnership …. Using a large dataset of maritime transport costs, tariffs and export prices, we test the model predictions and find that …