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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP12237 |
DP12237 Firm Size and the Intensive Margin of Import Demand | |
Claire Lelarge; Joaquin Blaum; Michael Peters | |
发表日期 | 2017-08-23 |
出版年 | 2017 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | We use French microdata to test an ubiquitous property of firm-based models of importing. When firm efficiency is factor neutral and input prices and qualities are common across firms, firm size should have no effect on expenditure shares on the different products and varieties sourced, holding the extensive margin constant. We show that this property is not supported by the data. Holding the sourcing strategy fixed, we find that larger firms (i) have lower import shares, (ii) concentrate their import spending on their top varieties and (iii) pay higher prices for their imported inputs. Our findings imply that input trade, through the intensive margin, is less beneficial for larger firms. Our results are consistent with a complementarity between firm productivity and input quality. |
主题 | International Trade and Regional Economics |
关键词 | Trade in intermediate inputs Firm heterogeneity Firm size Non-homothetic |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp12237 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/541048 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Claire Lelarge,Joaquin Blaum,Michael Peters. DP12237 Firm Size and the Intensive Margin of Import Demand. 2017. |
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