Year: 2014
Type: report
Abstract: We use micro data for Ireland to estimate how export participation and the export revenue of incumbent exporters respond to tariffs and real exchange rates.Both participation and revenue, but especially revenue, are more responsive to tariffs than to real exchange rates.Our estimates translate into an elasticity of aggregate exports with respect to tariffs of between -3.8 and -5.4, and with respect to real exchange rates of between 0.45 and 0.6, consistent with estimates in the literature based on aggregate data.We argue that forward-looking investment in customer base combined with the fact that tariffs are much more predictable than real exchange rates can explain why export revenue responds so much more to tariffs.
DOI: 10.3386/w19968
Authors: Doireann Fitzgerald, Stefanie Haller
Language: English
Topic: Global trade and economics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: National Science Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W1568788490