Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/173781 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
NBB Working Paper No. 328
Publisher: 
National Bank of Belgium, Brussels
Abstract: 
This paper uses detailed micro data on service exports at the firm-destination-service level to analyse the role of firm heterogeneity in shaping aggregate service exports in Belgium, France, Germany and Spain from 2003 to 2007. We decompose the level and the growth of aggregate service exports into different trade margins paying special attention to firm heterogeneity within countries. We find that the weak export growth of France is at least partly due to poor performance by small exporters. By contrast, small exporters are the most dynamic contributors to the aggregate exports of Belgium, Germany and Spain. Our results highlight the importance of firm heterogeneity in understanding aggregate export growth.
Subjects: 
service exports
firm heterogeneity
cross-country micro data study
JEL: 
F14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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