Export Decision under Risk

José De Sousa (), Anne-Célia Disdier and Carl Gaigne

No 17-10, Working Papers SMART from INRAE UMR SMART

Abstract: Using firm and industry data, we unveil two empirical regularities: (i) Demand uncertainty not only reduces export probabilities but also decreases export quantities and increases export prices; (ii) The most productive exporters are more affected by higher industry-wide expenditure volatility than are the least productive exporters. We rationalize these regularities by developing a new firm-based trade model wherein managers are risk averse. Higher volatility induces the reallocation of export shares from the most to the least productive incumbents. Greater skewness of the demand distribution and/or higher trade costs weaken this effect. Our results hold for a large class of consumer utility functions.

Keywords: firm exports; demand uncertainty; risk aversion; expenditure volatility; skewness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D21 D22 F12 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50 pages
Date: 2017
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-bec, nep-int and nep-upt
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