Export Dynamics and Sales at Home

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Nicolas Berman

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)

Antoine Berthou

Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne - Centre Maison des Sciences Economiques; Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Jérôme Héricourt

LEM-CNRS (UMR 9221)

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Date Written: August 5, 2014

Abstract

Using a French firm-level database that combines balance-sheet and product-destination-specific export information over the period 1995-2001, we study the interconnections between exports and domestic sales. We identify exogenous shocks that affect the firms' demand on foreign markets to instrument yearly variations in exports. We use alternatively as instruments product-destination specific imports or tariffs changes, and large foreign shocks such as financial crises or civil wars. Our results show that exogenous variations in foreign sales are positively associated with domestic sales, even after controlling for changes in domestic demand. A 10% exogenous increase in exports generates a 1 to 3% increase in domestic sales in the short-term. This result is robust to various estimation techniques, instruments, controls, and sub-samples. We provide empirical evidence suggesting that this positive effect of exogenous changes in exports on domestic sales is related to a relaxation of short-run liquidity constraints.

Keywords: export dynamics, domestic sales, demand shocks, markets, liquidity

JEL Classification: F10, F44, L20

Suggested Citation

Berman, Nicolas and Berthou, Antoine and Hericourt, Jerome, Export Dynamics and Sales at Home (August 5, 2014). ECB Working Paper No. 1720, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2476377 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2476377

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