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New Measurement of Export Participation in US Manufacturing

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  • Christoph E. Boehm
  • Aaron Flaaen
  • Nitya Pandalai-Nayar

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We measure export participation rates in the US manufacturing sector using a new administrative dataset and compare them to participation rates constructed from the commonly used census of manufacturers (CM). At both the establishment and firm levels, export participation rates are near 40 percent in the administrative data, almost twice as high as in the CM. The discrepancy appears to result predominantly from undercounting of small exporters in the CM. Our findings call for reconsidering the conventional wisdom that around 20 percent of manufacturing firms export.

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  • Christoph E. Boehm & Aaron Flaaen & Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, 2023. "New Measurement of Export Participation in US Manufacturing," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 113, pages 93-98, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:113:y:2023:p:93-98
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20231076
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    1. Arunima Paul & John Chung, 2025. "Welfare Effects of Financial Access on Trade: Evidence from Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Business Loans," Auburn Economics Working Paper Series auwp2025-09, Department of Economics, Auburn University.

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    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
    • L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General

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