Cross-Border and Foreign Affiliate Sales of Services: Evidence from German Micro-Data

We merge German balance-of-payments and foreign-affiliate-trade statistics to obtain data about trade in commercial services at the firm level. We use these data to study export market participation and the choice of export mode: cross-border versus foreign affiliate sales. We find that for firms in...

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Published in:World economy 2013-11, Vol.36 (11), p.1373-1392
Main Authors: Kelle, Markus, Raff, Horst, Kleinert, Jörn, Toubal, Farid
Format: Article
Language:English
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Economics and Finance
Humanities and Social Sciences
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Summary:We merge German balance-of-payments and foreign-affiliate-trade statistics to obtain data about trade in commercial services at the firm level. We use these data to study export market participation and the choice of export mode: cross-border versus foreign affiliate sales. We find that for firms in our sample productivity is both a statistically significant and economically important determinant of the export participation and export mode choice. We also identify the role of industry- and country-specific determinants.
ISSN:0378-5920
1467-9701
DOI:10.1111/twec.12093