The Intensive Margin in Trade /

The Melitz model highlights the importance of the extensive margin (the number of firms exporting) for trade flows. Using the World Bank's Exporter Dynamics Database (EDD) featuring firm-level exports from 50 countries, we find that around 50 percent of variation in exports is along the extensi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klenow, Peter
Other Authors: Denisse Pierola, Martha, Meleshchuk, Sergii, Rodriguez-Clare, Andres
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/259
Online Access:Full text available on IMF