Export intensity and plant characteristics: what can we learn from quantile regression?
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Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2004. (Arbeitsbericht; No. 323).
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Export intensity and plant characteristics
T2 - what can we learn from quantile regression?
AU - Wagner, Joachim
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
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.
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.
KW - Economics
KW - Deutschland
KW - Export
KW - Unternehmensgröße
KW - Exports
KW - quantile regression
KW - heterogeneous firms
M3 - Working papers
T3 - Arbeitsbericht
BT - Export intensity and plant characteristics
PB - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg
CY - Lüneburg
ER -