Productivity sorting and mode of export: Marco Grazzi; Chiara Tomasi

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This paper investigates the relation between firms' productivity and exporting behavior in presence of export intermediaries. Using a cross section of firm-level data for several advanced and developing economies, the study confirms the productivity-sorting prediction according to which domestic firms are less efficient than those resorting to an export intermediary, while the latter are less productive than producers which export directly. Our novel finding is that firms' productivity has a stronger effect on the probability of exporting directly than on the likelihood of exporting indirectly. This suggests for a stronger role of intermediaries in granting foreign market access to a large proportion of small and less productive firms.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: LEM Working Paper Series ; No. 2014/25

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis ; Firm Organization and Market Structure
• Subject: heterogeneous firms ; international trade ; direct and indirect exports intermediation

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Grazzi, Marco ; Tomasi, Chiara
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM)
• (where): Pisa
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/119847
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET