KTH/CESIS Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation
No 99:
Productivity and International Trade - firm-level evidence from a small open economy
Martin Andersson ()
, Sara Johansson ()
and Hans Lööf ()
Abstract: This paper presents a comprehensive description and
analysis of the international trading activities of firms based on novel
detailed Swedish data. As a small open economy with a limited domestic
market, Sweden constitutes an interesting contrast to existing evidence. We
show that much of the stylized facts from large countries (specifically the
US) about firms’ participation in international trade also pertain to a
small open economy. We provide robust evidence of selection operating from
market to market which is consistent with that low productive firms are
confined to markets with low productivity thresholds. We further show that
selection also applies to number of products traded. Both export and import
productivity premiums increase in number of markets and number of products
traded, respectively. There is a substantial heterogeneity among exporters
and importers in terms of the number of markets they trade with and in
terms of the number of products they trade.
Keywords: international trade; exports; imports; firm heterogeneity; productivity; import premium; export premium; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: D21; D24; F14; F23; (follow links to similar papers)
33 pages, October 3, 2007
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Andersson, Martin, Hans Lööf and Sara Johansson, (2008), 'Productivity and International Trade - firm-level evidence from a small open economy', Review of World Economics, Vol. 144, No. 4, pages 774-801
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