Microeconometrics Of International Trade

by Joachim Wagner

Overview

This volume brings together two comprehensive survey studies of the literature on the microeconometrics of international trade. The chapters apply new empirical methods to the analysis of the links between international trade and various dimensions of firm performance such as productivity, profitability, wages, and survival. The studies also include report results for Germany, one of the leading actors on the world markets for goods and services.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789813109681
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/18/2016
Series:	World Scientific Studies In International Economics , #52
Pages:	548
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.20(h) x 1.40(d)

Table of Contents

Biography vii

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction: The Microeconometrics of International Trade - A Personal Review xv

Part I Survey Papers 1

1 Exports and Productivity: A Survey of the Evidence from Firm Level Data Joachim Wagner 3

2 International Trade and Firm Performance: A Survey of Empirical Studies Since 2006 Joachim Wagner 43

Part II Characteristics of Exporting and Importing Firms in Germany 89

3 Exports and Firm Characteristics in German Manufacturing Industries. New Evidence from Representative Panel Data Joachim Wagner

4 Higher Productivity in Importing German Manufacturing Firms: Self-selection, Learning from Importing or Both? Alexander Vogel Joachim Wagner 139

Part III Exports and Wages 175

5 Do Exporters Really Pay Higher Wages? First Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data Thorsten Schank Claus Schnabel Joachim Wagner 177

6 Higher Wages in Exporting Firms: Self-selection, Export Effect, or Both? First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data Thorsten Schank Claus Schnabel Joachim Wagner 215

Part IV International Trade and Profits 243

7 Exports and Profitability - First Evidence for German Manufacturing Firms Helmut Fryges Joachim Wagner 245

8 Exports and Profitability - First Evidence for German Business Services Enterprises Alexander Vogel Joachim Wagner 279

9 Exports, Imports and Profitability: First Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises Joachim Wagner 311

Part V International Trade and Firm Survival 339

10 Exports, Imports and Firm Survival: First Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany Joachim Wagner 341

11 Risk or Resilience? The Role of Trade Integration and Foreign Ownership for the Survival of German Enterprises during the Crisis 2008-2010 Joachim Wagner John P. Weche Gelübcke 369

Part VI Credit Constraints and International Trade 399

12 Credit Constraints and Exports: A Survey of Empirical Studies Using Firm Level Data Joachim Wagner 401

13 Credit Constraints and Margins of Import: First Evidence for German Manufacturing Enterprises Joachim Wagner 423

Part VII Extensive Margins of Exports and Imports 453

14 Trading Many Goods with Many Countries: Exporters and Importers from German Manufacturing Industries Joachim Wagner 455

Part VIII Methods of Empirical Analysis of Heterogeneous Exporters and Importers 477

15 From Estimation Results to Stylized Facts: Twelve Recommendations for Empirical Research in International Activities of Heterogeneous Firms Joachim Wagner 479