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Firm heterogeneity and aggregate business services exports : Micro evidence from Belgium, France, Germany and Spain. National Bank of Belgium Working Paper No. 328

Ariu, Andrea and Biewen, Elena and Blank, Sven and Gaulier, Guillaume and González, Maria Jesus and Meinen, Philipp and Mirza, Daniel and Martín, Cesar and Tello, Patry (2017) Firm heterogeneity and aggregate business services exports : Micro evidence from Belgium, France, Germany and Spain. National Bank of Belgium Working Paper No. 328. [Working Paper]

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    Abstract

    This paper uses detailed micro data on service exports at the firm-destination-service level to analyse the role of firm heterogeneity in shaping aggregate service exports in Belgium, France, Germany and Spain from 2003 to 2007. We decompose the level and the growth of aggregate service exports into different trade margins paying special attention to firm heterogeneity within countries. We find that the weak export growth of France is at least partly due to poor performance by small exporters. By contrast, small exporters are the most dynamic contributors to the aggregate exports of Belgium, Germany and Spain. Our results highlight the importance of firm heterogeneity in understanding aggregate export growth.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Uncontrolled Keywords: service exports, firm heterogeneity, cross-country micro data study
    Subjects for non-EU documents: Countries > Belgium
    Countries > France
    Countries > Germany
    Countries > Spain
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > economic and financial affairs > business/private economic activity
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > National Bank of Belgium (Brussels) > Working Papers
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 29 Nov 2019 15:55
    Number of Pages: 39
    Last Modified: 29 Nov 2019 15:55
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/97470

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