Trade Liberalization and New Exporters’ Size: Theory and Evidence

Virginia Di Nino, Rosen Marinov, Nadia Rocha
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Virginia Di Nino, Rosen Marinov, Nadia Rocha: IUHEI, The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, http://hei.unige.ch/sections/ec/
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No 19-2006, IHEID Working Papers from Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies

Abstract: This paper tests an empirical implication of Melitz (2003) in the context of falling trade costs, using the EU’s intensive liberalization phase (1993-2002) as a natural experiment. Contrary to the model’s predictions, firms that switch from non-exporting to exporting over the studied period are not concentrated in a particular size range. Our findings, based on a rich data set of French manufacturing enterprises, suggest scope for fine-tuning of the theoretical framework.

Keywords: Entry; Size Distribution of Firms; Intra-industry trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F14 L11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8
Date: 2006-10-06, Revised 2006-10
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