Export Intensity and Plant Characteristics: What can we learn from Quantile Regression?
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in: Review of World Economics, Jahrgang 142, Nr. 1, 04.2006, S. 195-203.
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T1 - Export Intensity and Plant Characteristics: What can we learn from Quantile Regression?
AU - Wagner, Joachim
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - Using quantile regression and a rich cross section data set for German manufacturing plants this paper documents that the impact of plant characteristics on export activities varies along the conditional size distribution of the export/sales ratio. For example, firm size is statistically significant at a conventional level for the 0.25 quantile only; branch plant status matters at the upper tail of the conditional distribution of the export/sales ratio only; the craft shop dummy is only significant for the very top quantile; and patents do not matter at the very lower end of the conditional distribution of export over sales. This has implications both for understanding what makes a successful exporter, and for the design of policy measures with a focus on supporting exporters. © 2006 The Kiel Institute.
AB - Using quantile regression and a rich cross section data set for German manufacturing plants this paper documents that the impact of plant characteristics on export activities varies along the conditional size distribution of the export/sales ratio. For example, firm size is statistically significant at a conventional level for the 0.25 quantile only; branch plant status matters at the upper tail of the conditional distribution of the export/sales ratio only; the craft shop dummy is only significant for the very top quantile; and patents do not matter at the very lower end of the conditional distribution of export over sales. This has implications both for understanding what makes a successful exporter, and for the design of policy measures with a focus on supporting exporters. © 2006 The Kiel Institute.
KW - Economics
KW - Deutschland
KW - Export
KW - Unternehmensgröße
KW - exports
KW - quantile regression
KW - heterogeneous firms
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U2 - 10.1007/s10290-006-0063-y
DO - 10.1007/s10290-006-0063-y
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 142
SP - 195
EP - 203
JO - Review of World Economics
JF - Review of World Economics
SN - 1610-2878
IS - 1
ER -