The Granular Nature of the Great Export Collapse in German Manufacturing Industries, 2008/2009

Abstract: 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.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: The Granular Nature of the Great Export Collapse in German Manufacturing Industries, 2008/2009 ; volume:7 ; number:1 ; year:2013 ; extent:23 ; Economics / Journal articles. Journal articles ; 7, Heft 1 (2013) (gesamt 23)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Wagner, Joachim

Further information

• DOI: 10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2013-5
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2412130922146.311723215319
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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