International trade in goods : evidence from transaction data / Joachim Wagner, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Germany.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wagner, Joachim, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International trade.

Imports.

Exports.

Physical Description:

xvii, 430 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2019]

Summary:

For a couple of years, more and more micro-econometric studies in international trade use data on exports and imports on goods that are based on transaction level data collected by the customs. These data cover detailed information on the goods traded, its value, its weight, and the country of destination (for exports) or origin (for imports). In contrast to data from surveys of firms that were used in empirical studies in the past, these data do not only focus on "who trades and how much", but also on "who trades how much of which goods of which value and which weight with firms from which countries". These transaction data have been used in empirical studies that shed light on various aspects of trade in goods for the first time. This book contains a comprehensive survey of the international literature and selected studies that report results for Germany, the third largest exporter and importer of goods in the world market.

Contents:

Part 1 Literature Survey p. 1

Chapter 1 A Survey of Empirical Studies Using Transaction Level Data on Exports and Imports p. 5

Part 2 Extensive Margins of Trade in Manufacturing Firms p. 21

Chapter 2 Active on Many Foreign Markets: A Portrait of German Multi-market Exporters and Importers from Manufacturing Industries p. 25

Chapter 3 Still Different After All These Years. Extensive and Intensive Margins of Exports in East and West German Manufacturing Enterprises p. 55

Part 3 New Evidence on the Dynamics of Trade in the Short Run p. 87

Chapter 4 Exporter and Importer Dynamics Database for Germany p. 91

Chapter 5 Trade Dynamics, Trade Costs and Market Size: First Evidence from the Exporter and Importer Dynamics Database for Germany p. 103

Chapter 6 The Role of Extensive Margins of Exports in The Great Export Recovery in Germany, 2009/2010 p. 133

Chapter 7 Extensive Margins of Imports in The Great Import Recovery in Germany, 2009/2010 p. 147

Chapter 8 A Note on the Granular Nature of Imports in German Manufacturing Industries p. 161

Part 4 Productivity and the Extensive Margins of Trade p. 175

Chapter 9 Productivity and the Extensive Margins of Trade in German Manufacturing Firms: Evidence from a Non-parametric Test p. 179

Chapter 10 Are Low-productive Exporters Marginal Exporters? Evidence from Germany p. 193

Chapter 11 Low-productive Exporters are High-quality Exporters - Evidence from Germany p. 209

Chapter 12 What Makes a High-quality Exporter? Evidence from Germany p. 223

Part 5 Firm Age and the Extensive Margins of Trade p. 237

Chapter 13 A Note on Firm Age and the Margins of Exports: First Evidence from Germany p. 241

Chapter 3 A Note on Firm Age and the Margins of Imports: First Evidence from Germany p. 255

Part 6 Innovation Activities p. 263

Chapter 15 R&D Activities and Extensive Margins of Exports in Manufacturing Enterprises: First Evidence for Germany p. 267

Part 7 International Trade and Profits p. 285

Chapter 16 Is Export Diversification Good for Profitability? First Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany p. 289

Chapter 17 Exports and Firm Profitability: Quality Matters! p. 307

Chapter 18 Extensive Margins of Imports, Productivity and Profitability: First Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany p. 319

Part 8 Distance and International Trade p. 333

Chapter 19 Distance-sensitivity of German Exports: First Evidence from Firm-product Level Data p. 337

Chapter 20 Quality of Firms' Exports and Distance to Destination Countries: First Evidence from Germany p. 345

Chapter 21 Distance-sensitivity of German Imports: First Evidence from Firm-product Level Data p. 357

Chapter 22 Quality of Firms' Imports and Distance to Countries of Origin: First Evidence from Germany p. 365

Part 9 The Lumpiness of International Trade p. 375

Chapter 23 The Lumpiness of German Exports and Imports of Goods p. 379

Chapter 24 Trade Costs Shocks and Lumpiness of Imports: Evidence from the Fukushima Disaster p. 421.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789813276970

9813276975

OCLC:

1054270277