Multi-product exporters: facts and fiction

Sheveleva, Yelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2048-8563 2020. Multi-product exporters: facts and fiction. [Working Paper]. SSRN, Elsevier. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3637439

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a statistical model of multi-product exporters to characterize the null hypothesis of random product size distribution. It serves as a benchmark to test the empirical facts and predictions of theoretical models, including the models featuring core-competencies, productivity differences, and economies of scope. The model accounts for some well-documented differences between large and small scope exporters that have motivated many theoretical models. It provides a particularly good fit for patterns that involve order statistics, such as the differences between how much large and small scope exporters sell in their best/least selling products and variation in the ratio of sales between the best and the second best selling products.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Publisher:	Elsevier
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2022 10:05
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/138246

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