TY - JOUR

T1 - Temporary exports and characteristics of destination countries

T2 - first evidence from German transaction data

AU - Wagner, Joachim

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018 Joachim Wagner, published by Sciendo.

PY - 2018/12/1

Y1 - 2018/12/1

N2 - This paper uses information on all export transactions of goods by German firms with countries outside the European Union from 2009 to 2014 to document for the first time the patterns of export participation at the firm-good-destination level over time and to investigate the link between the duration of export patterns and characteristics of destination countries. It turns out that only 6.5 percent of all combinations were recorded in each year, while more than half of all patterns are only observed once. In line with theoretical hypotheses, the likelihood of permanent trade patterns increases within a firm with proximity and market size of destination countries.

AB - This paper uses information on all export transactions of goods by German firms with countries outside the European Union from 2009 to 2014 to document for the first time the patterns of export participation at the firm-good-destination level over time and to investigate the link between the duration of export patterns and characteristics of destination countries. It turns out that only 6.5 percent of all combinations were recorded in each year, while more than half of all patterns are only observed once. In line with theoretical hypotheses, the likelihood of permanent trade patterns increases within a firm with proximity and market size of destination countries.

KW - Germany

KW - Temporary exports

KW - permanent exports

KW - transaction level data

KW - Economics

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104658749&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2018-54

DO - 10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2018-54

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 12

SP - 1

EP - 12

JO - Economics

JF - Economics

SN - 1864-6042

IS - 1

ER -