Export intensity and plant characteristics: What can we learn from quantile regression?
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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.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.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports : Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises |
| Editors | joachim Wagner |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Publisher | World Scientific Publishing Co. |
| Publication date | 25.02.2021 |
| Pages | 111-120 |
| ISBN (print) | 9781786349682 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 9781786349705, 978-1-78634-969-9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 25.02.2021 |
- Exports, Heterogeneous firms, Quantile regression
- Economics