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The Theoretical Equivalent of Empirically Measurable Exporter Productivity when Firms are Heterogeneous

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  • Philipp J.H. Schröder

    (ASB, Aarhus University, Denmark)

  • Allan Sørensen

    (School of Economics and Management, Aarhus University, Denmark)

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The marginal costs based representation of firm productivity in the Melitz [Melitz, M.J., 2003. The impact of trade on intra-industry reallocations and aggregate industry productiv- ity. Econometrica 71 (6), 1695-1725] model, predicts positive exporter productivity premia. We show that this prediction is reversible when computing the theoretical equivalent of the empirically measurable productivity expression (value added per worker) in the model. The paper discusses implications of this finding for empirical research.

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  • Philipp J.H. Schröder & Allan Sørensen, 2010. "The Theoretical Equivalent of Empirically Measurable Exporter Productivity when Firms are Heterogeneous," Economics Working Papers 2010-06, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University.
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    Keywords

    Intra-industry trade; firm productivity; heterogeneous firms;
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    JEL classification:

    • F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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