Compared performances of French companies on the domestic and foreign markets

Performances comparées des entreprises françaises sur le marché domestique et à l'étranger

José Bardaji, Jean-Charles Bricongne, Benoît Campagne and Guillaume Gaulier ()
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José Bardaji: INSEE - Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)
Jean-Charles Bricongne: Commission Européenne - Commission Européenne
Benoît Campagne: INSEE - Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)
Guillaume Gaulier: Banque de France

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Abstract: In France, the balance of trade has deteriorated almost continuously since the late 1990s to the early 2010s. Many studies have focused on losses in export market share. But how does the performance of French companies stand up on the domestic market? An examination of the macroeconomic data shows that the performance of companies in France has declined fairly sharply in exports, but that this decline has been rather smaller on the domestic market. At the firm level, a given company's export performance and domestic market performance have a tendency, albeit slight, to move in opposite directions. This may be due to factors such as a deliberate company strategy to target a specific market or the presence of production constraints. However, our analysis shows that a positive demand shock in the domestic market in which the company is present, resulting in a rise in domestic sales, then leads to an increase in exports. This complementarity seems to be driven by small companies and could reflect the existence of liquidity constraints. Increased sales in one market could lessen these constraints, by facilitating funding for company development in the second market. Strong domestic demand during the pre-crisis period in France is therefore not an explanatory factor of losses in export market share.

Keywords: production constraints; liquidity; demand shocks; domestic sales; Export dynamics; Dynamique des exportations; ventes domestiques; choc de demande; liquidité; contraintes de production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-11
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