Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Research Papers in Economics,
Stockholm University, Department of Economics
No 2017:3: Sizing Up the Impact of Embassies on Exports
Shon Ferguson () and Rikard Forslid ()
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Shon Ferguson: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Postal: Box 55665, SE-102 15 Stockholm, Sweden
Rikard Forslid: Dept. of Economics, Stockholm University, Postal: Department of Economics, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to test for the effects of trade promotion via the foreign service. Heterogeneous firms trade theory predicts that unilateral trade promotion allows medium sized firms to export. We investigate the effects of trade promotion using firm-level data and information on the opening and closing of embassies abroad from the very similar neighboring countries Sweden and Norway. We use a difference-in-difference specification where firms from Norway are used as a control group for Swedish firms. Our results show that large firms as well as medium sized firms respond to the opening of embassies.
Keywords: heterogeneous firms; trade promotion
25 pages, June 26, 2017
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