A Simple Model of Buyer-Seller Networks in International Trade

Sauré, Philip, Philipp Herkenhoff and Sebastian Krautheim
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Philip Ulrich Sauré

No 16278, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: The recent literature on firm-to-firm trade has documented salient empirical regularities of the buyer-seller network. We propose a simplistic re-interpretation of the classical Krugman (1980) model that accounts for surprisingly many of the empirical regularities. This re-interpretation relies on randomized bundling of Krugman-varieties into heterogeneous firms, economically neutral `sales units' that import foreign varieties but belong to local firms, and a statistical reporting threshold that applies to firm-to-firm transactions. We argue that our model provides an important benchmark for the assessment of theoretical models that aim to identify the determinants of firm-to-firm networks.

Keywords: Firm-to-firm; Buyer-seller; Trade; Network; Random matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F10 F12 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-06
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