eBay’s anatomy

We use a new US-firm-level dataset covering all domestic and international sales made through eBay, an online marketplace, to provide insights about firm heterogeneity in online international trade. One is that the share of firms that export is surprisingly high, at 85%. •The share of eBay firms tha...

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Published in:Economics letters 2013-10, Vol.121 (1), p.115-120
Main Authors: Lendle, Andreas, Olarrega, Marcelo, Schropp, Simon, Vézina, Pierre-Louis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alliances
eBay
Electronic commerce
Exporters
Heterogeneous firms
International trade
Online trade
Retail sales
Studies
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Summary:We use a new US-firm-level dataset covering all domestic and international sales made through eBay, an online marketplace, to provide insights about firm heterogeneity in online international trade. One is that the share of firms that export is surprisingly high, at 85%. •The share of eBay firms that export is 85%.•Firms export to a large number of markets, 9.3 on average.•The largest 10% of sellers account for a 70% market share.•As distance to export market doubles, the number of exporters decreases by around 1.5.•A typical firm–destination relationship has a median duration of 2 years.
ISSN:0165-1765
1873-7374
DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2013.07.016