Export intensity and plant characteristics: What can we learn from quantile regression?
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Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. ed. / joachim Wagner. World Scientific Publishing Co., 2021. p. 111-120.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Export intensity and plant characteristics
T2 - What can we learn from quantile regression?
AU - Wagner, Joachim
PY - 2021/2/25
Y1 - 2021/2/25
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.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.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 - Exports
KW - Heterogeneous firms
KW - Quantile regression
KW - Economics
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U2 - 10.1142/9781786349699_0008
DO - 10.1142/9781786349699_0008
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85109788635
SN - 9781786349682
SP - 111
EP - 120
BT - Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports
A2 - Wagner, joachim
PB - World Scientific Publishing Co.
ER -