 German Firms in Service TradeMarkus Kelle and Joern Kleinert (joern.kleinert@uni-graz.at) Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik), 2010, vol. 56, issue 1, 51-72 Abstract: We provide firm-level evidence concerning four key facts of services trade in Germany. First, not only firms classified as service firms, but also firms from all industries export and import services. Second, service trade patterns are fairly similar to those in goods trade. Most notably, service trade is dominated by a few large firms that serve many countries, sell several service products, and often export and import services. Differences in firms’ trade values are result from differences in all three margins of trade. Third, there is a strong concentration of firms on one core market and service. Fourth, the patterns are surprisingly similar for services exports and imports. Keywords: Service trade; firm heterogeneity; intensive and extensive margins of trade (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aeq:aeqaeq:v56_y2010_i1_q1_p51-72 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik) is currently edited by Ansgar Belke, Uwe Sunde and Winfried Koeniger More articles in Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik) from Duncker & Humblot, Berlin |
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