Die another day: duration in German import trade

Arbeitspapier

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 that survival probabilities are affected by exporter characteristics, product type and market structure. Specifically, I show that the duration of exporting a product to Germany is longer for products obtained from countries that are economically large and geographically close to Germany; for products with large trade value and a low elasticity of substitution; and for trade pairs that command a large share of the German import market and are characterized by two-way trade.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 2085

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Trade: Other ; Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General ; Duration Analysis; Optimal Timing Strategies
• Subject: Import ; Produkt ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Dauer ; Außenhandelsstruktur ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Nitsch, Volker
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/26130
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