多产品企业与出口偏度:企业规模重要吗?

IF 1.3 Q3 ECONOMICS

International Trade Journal Pub Date : 2021-08-18 DOI:10.1080/08853908.2021.1963889

Aya Elewa, Chahir Zaki

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摘要

本文利用埃及多产品出口商的企业层面数据，研究了企业如何通过调整产品范围选择来应对目的地国更大的市场规模和更激烈的竞争。我们的主要研究结果表明，市场规模对企业内部集中度指数有负向影响，这反映了企业在更大的目的地分散其产品组合。激烈的竞争促使公司放弃一些产品，他们的产品组合变得更加扭曲，特别是对于那些倾向于专注于他们有比较优势的产品的大型出口公司。对于小型出口企业，我们的结果就不那么稳健了。

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Multi-product Firms and Export Skewness: Does Firm Size Matter?

ABSTRACT Using firm-level data on Egyptian multi-product exporters, this article studies how firms respond to a larger market size and greater competition in the destination country through adjusting their choice of product scope. Our main findings show that market size has a negative impact on the within-firm concentration index, reflecting that firms diversify their product portfolio in larger destinations. Tougher competition induces firms to drop some products, and their product mix becomes more skewed, especially for large exporting firms who tend to concentrate on products where they have a comparative advantage. Our results are less robust for small exporting firms.

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International Trade Journal Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)

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1.90

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期刊介绍： The International Trade Journal is a refereed interdisciplinary journal published for the enhancement of research in international trade. Its editorial objective is to provide a forum for the scholarly exchange of research findings in,and significant empirical, conceptual, or theoretical contributions to the field. The International Trade Journal welcomes contributions from researchers in academia as well as practitioners of international trade broadly defined.