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Assortative Matching of Exporters and Importers (with Kensuke Teshima and Enrique Seira)
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Date&time:
June 5, 2015. (Friday) 12：30-14：00
Venue:
Theme:
Assortative Matching of Exporters and Importers (with Kensuke Teshima and Enrique Seira)
Abstract
This
paper
examines
the
mechanism
determining
the
matching
of
exporting
firms
and
importing
firms.
From
transaction
data
of
Mexican
textile/
apparel
exports
to
the
US,
we
report
two
new
facts
on
exporter-importer
matching
at
the
product
level.
First,
matching
is
approximately
one-to-one.
Second,
in
response
to
the
entry
of
Chinese
exporters
into
the
US
market
induced
by
the
end
of
the
Multifibre
Arrangement
(MFA),
US
importers
switched
their
Mexican
partners
to
those
making
greater
preshock
exports
whereas
Mexican
exporters
switched
their
US
partners
to
those
making
fewer
preshock
imports.
To
explain
these
facts,
we
present
a
model
combining
Becker-type
positive
assortative
matching
of
final
producers
and
suppliers
by
their
capability
with
the
standard
Melitz
type
model.
The
model
indicates
that
the
observed
matching
change
is
evidence
for
a
new
source
of
gains
from
trade
associated
with
firm
heterogeneity.
Speaker：
Yoichi SUGITA （Inter-disciplinary Studies Center）
Chair:
Tomohiro MACHIKITA
Languages:
English/Japanese
Soukknilanh Keola E-mail：Souknilanh_Keola
