Exporter dynamics and partial-year effects

Andrew Bernard, Renzo Massari, José-Daniel Reyes and Daria Taglioni ()

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Abstract: Two identical firms that start exporting in different months, one each in January and December, will report dramatically different exports for the first calendar year. This partial-year effect biases down first year export levels and biases up first year export growth rates. For Peruvian exporters, the partialyear bias is large: first-year export levels are understated by 65 percent and the first year growth rate is overstated by 112 percentage points. Correcting the partial-year effect eliminates high first year export growth rates, raises initial export levels and almost doubles the contribution of net firm entry and exit to overall export growth.

Keywords: export entry; export growth; margins of trade; heterogeneous firms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C81 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2016-05
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Journal Article: Exporter Dynamics and Partial-Year Effects (2017)
Working Paper: Exporter dynamics and partial-year effects (2016)
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