Do Export Support Programs Affect Prices, Quality, Markups, and Marginal Costs? Evidence From a Natural Policy Experiment

Magnus T. Buus, Jakob R. Munch, Joel Rodrigue and Georg Schaur
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Jakob R. Munch: University of Copenhagen
Georg Schaur: University of Tennessee

The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2025, vol. 107, issue 1, 172-187

Abstract: Firms’ success in international markets depends on their product’s quality, prices, markups, and marginal cost. However, causally identified empirical evidence for the effect of trade policies that address nontariff barriers on these mechanisms is rare. To fill this gap, we exploit a quasinatural experiment in Denmark and examine the effects of an export support policy aimed at reducing nontariff barriers to trade. We find that export support raises firm-level exports within markets. However, export support does not affect prices, quality, markups, or marginal costs. Instead, the results support trade theory predicting that firms grow in export markets by shifting demand.

Date: 2025
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