Die another day: duration in German import trade

Volker Nitsch

No 2008/17, Discussion Papers from Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics

Abstract: International trade patterns at the product level are surprisingly dynamic. The majority of trade relationships exist for just a few, often only one to three, years. In this paper, I examine empirically the duration in German import trade at the 8-digit product level from 1995 to 2005. I find that survival probabilities are affected by exporter characteristics, product type and market structure. Specifically, I show that the duration of exporting a product to Germany is longer for products obtained from countries that are economically large and geographically close to Germany; for products with large trade value and a low elasticity of substitution; and for trade pairs that command a large share of the German import market and are characterized by two-way trade.

Keywords: Survival; product; relationship; pattern (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 C41 F14 F19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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