The Lumpiness of German Exports and Imports of Goods
Abstract: This paper looks at a hitherto neglected extensive margin of international trade by investigating for the first time the frequency at which German exporters and importers trade a given good with a given country. Imports and exports show a high degree of lumpiness. In a given year about half of all firm-good-country combinations are recorded only once or twice for trade with EU-countries, and this is the case for more than 60 percent of all firm-good-country combinations in trade with non-EU countries. The frequency of recorded transactions tends to decline with an increase in the number of transactions per year. This is in accordance with the presence of per-shipment fixed costs that provide an incentive for trading firms to engage in cross-border transactions infrequently. Empirical models show that for Germany the frequency of transactions at the firm-good-country level tends to decrease with an increase in per-shipment costs when unobserved firm and goods characteristics are controlled for.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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The Lumpiness of German Exports and Imports of Goods ; volume:10 ; number:1 ; year:2016 ; extent:39
Economics / Journal articles. Journal articles ; 10, Heft 1 (2016) (gesamt 39)
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10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2016-21
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2412131001362.273076904023
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