Trade times, importing and exporting: firm-level evidence
Shepherd, Ben
Trade times, importing and exporting: firm-level evidence created by Ben Shepherd - Applied economics letters Volume 20, number 9 .
This article uses data on 11 industries in 85 developing countries to show that trade times matter for import and export performance at the firm level. Firms import more intermediate inputs if import licensing times are shorter. They export more of their production if border clearance times are shorter, but tend to use third-party distributors more if clearance times are longer. This is the first time that imports and indirect exports have been considered in the firm-level literature on trade facilitation.
13504851
Import time--Trade facilitation--Export time
HB1.A666 APP
Trade times, importing and exporting: firm-level evidence created by Ben Shepherd - Applied economics letters Volume 20, number 9 .
This article uses data on 11 industries in 85 developing countries to show that trade times matter for import and export performance at the firm level. Firms import more intermediate inputs if import licensing times are shorter. They export more of their production if border clearance times are shorter, but tend to use third-party distributors more if clearance times are longer. This is the first time that imports and indirect exports have been considered in the firm-level literature on trade facilitation.
13504851
Import time--Trade facilitation--Export time
HB1.A666 APP