Venting Out: Exports during a Domestic Slump
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Abstract
We study the relationship between domestic-demand shocks and exports using data for Spanish manufacturing firms in 2002–2013. Exploiting plausibly exogenous geographical variation caused by the Great Recession, we find that firms whose domestic sales declined by more experienced a larger increase in export flows, controlling for firms' supply determinants. This result illustrates the capacity of export markets to counteract the negative impact of local demand shocks. By structurally estimating a heterogeneous-firm model of exporting with nonconstant marginal costs of production, we conclude that these firm-level responses accounted for half of the spectacular increase in Spanish goods exports over the period 2009–2013.Citation
Almunia, Miguel, Pol Antràs, David Lopez-Rodriguez, and Eduardo Morales. 2021. "Venting Out: Exports during a Domestic Slump." American Economic Review, 111 (11): 3611-62. DOI: 10.1257/aer.20181853Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D22 Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
- E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- F14 Empirical Studies of Trade
- L60 Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General