The granular nature of the great export collapse in German manufacturing industries, 2008/2009

Arbeitspapier

This paper uses comprehensive high-quality panel data from official statistics for exporting enterprises to investigate 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 that idiosyncratic shocks to very large firms played a decisive role in shaping the export collapse.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Economics Discussion Papers ; No. 2012-50

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Macroeconomics: Production
• Thema: exports ; great trade collapse ; granular economy ; Germany

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Wagner, Joachim
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
• (wo): Kiel
• (wann): 2012

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/64820
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ