Intermediaries in international trade: Direct versus indirect modes of export

Arbeitspapier

This paper contributes to the relatively new literature on the role of intermediaries in international trade. Using Italian firm-level data, we document significant differences between exporters of different types and highlight the role of country-specific fixed cost in the choice of direct versus indirect modes of export. Recent theoretical work suggests that intermediaries are typically providing solutions to country-specific fixed costs. Our empirical results largely confirm this relationship. Measures of country fixed costs are positively associated with intermediary exports both in the aggregate and within firms. In contrast, proxies for variable trade costs are largely not correlated with differences between direct and indirect exports.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: LEM Working Paper Series ; No. 2010/19

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Firm Organization and Market Structure ; Organization of Production
• Thema: heterogeneous firms ; international trade ; intermediation ; wholesalers ; Exportwirtschaft ; Vermittlungstätigkeit ; Unternehmensorganisation ; Großhandel ; Transaktionskosten ; Italien

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Bernard, Andrew B. ; Grazzi, Marco ; Tomasi, Chiara
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM)
• (wo): Pisa
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/89276
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ