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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18072| Title: | Intermediation in Foreign Trade: When do Exporters Rely on Intermediaries? |
| Keywords: | F15 F12 F23 F10 D23 ddc:330 trade intermediation indirect exports transaction costs monopolistic competition Exporthandel Intraindustrieller Handel Monopolistischer Wettbewerb Internationale Markteintrittsstrategie Transaktionskosten Schätzung Theorie Frankreich |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
| Publisher: | Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin |
| Description: | The paper explores theoretically and empirically why trade intermediaries (TIs) are frequently used as agents for exports to some countries but not to others. We adapt a standard intra-industry trade model with variable export costs (e.g. transport) and fixed export costs (e.g. market access) to include a TI that is able to pool market access cost. From this framework explanatory factors for the TI share in a country?s exports are derived and subsequently tested with a new data set based on French customs information. The paper finds that: (i) higher market access costs increase the TI share, (ii) smaller export markets feature a larger TI share, (iii) the TI share is independent from variable (distance-dependent) export costs. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18072 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18072 ppn:369048474 |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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