TY - UNPB

T1 - Firm age and the margins of international trade: Comparable evidence from five European countries

AU - Wagner, Joachim

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - This note uses comparable representative data for manufacturing firms from five European countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) to investigate the links between firm age and the participation of the firms in export, the share of exports in total sales, the number of countries exported to, and the participation in import. The big picture revealed is in line with the theoretical considerations. Older firms tend to be more often exporters and importers, they export to more different destination countries, and they export a higher share of their total sales in three out of five countries.

AB - This note uses comparable representative data for manufacturing firms from five European countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) to investigate the links between firm age and the participation of the firms in export, the share of exports in total sales, the number of countries exported to, and the participation in import. The big picture revealed is in line with the theoretical considerations. Older firms tend to be more often exporters and importers, they export to more different destination countries, and they export a higher share of their total sales in three out of five countries.

KW - Economics

KW - exports

KW - imports

KW - firm age

KW - trade margins

KW - EFIGE data

M3 - Working papers

T3 - University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics

BT - Firm age and the margins of international trade: Comparable evidence from five European countries

PB - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg

CY - Lüneburg

ER -