Export intensity and plant characteristics: What can we learn from quantile regression?

Joachim Wagner

doi:10.1142/9781786349699_0008

Export intensity and plant characteristics: What can we learn from quantile regression?

Joachim Wagner^*

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Using quantile regression and a rich cross section data set for German manufacturing plants this paper documents that the impact of plant characteristics on export activities varies along the conditional size distribution of the export/sales ratio. For example, firm size is statistically significant at a conventional level for the.25 quantile only; branch plant status matters at the upper tail of the conditional distribution of the export/sales ratio only; the craft shop dummy is only significant for the very top quantile; and patents do not matter at the very lower end of the conditional distribution of export over sales. This has implications both for understanding what makes a successful exporter, and for the design of policy measures with a focus on supporting exporters.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports : Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises
Editors	joachim Wagner
Number of pages	10
Publisher	World Scientific Publishing Co.
Publication date	25.02.2021
Pages	111-120
ISBN (Print)	9781786349682
ISBN (Electronic)	9781786349705, 978-1-78634-969-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/9781786349699_0008
Publication status	Published - 25.02.2021

Research areas and keywords

Exports
Heterogeneous firms
Quantile regression
Economics

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Export intensity and plant characteristics: What can we learn from quantile regression? / Wagner, Joachim.
Microeconometric Studies Of Firms Imports And Exports: Advanced Methods Of Analysis And Evidence From German Enterprises. ed. / joachim Wagner. World Scientific Publishing Co., 2021. p. 111-120.

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