New importer dynamics and the effects of trade shocks

Victor Gimenez Perales

No 2312, Kiel Working Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Abstract: New importers increase their conditional survival rate and import share over time. However, a model of multi-input firms with an import entry cost and stochastic import costs cannot replicate these dynamics. I show that an extended model can be reconciled with the data. I calibrate both models and use them to identify the effects of trade shocks. The simulations show that a decrease in import prices with the new importer dynamics generates lower productivity gains, but these gains are more widespread across firms.

Keywords: importer dynamics; trade shocks; gains from trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F13 L11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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