Professor Margarita Katsimi presented the study “Exports and Exporting Firms in Greece” (joint with M. Katsimi and T. Moutos) in an event held at Maroussi Plaza in Athens, March 6th 2019.
Vangelis Pastelakos (AUEB), Yannis Bilias (AUEB) and Panos Hatzipanayotou (AUEB) Abstract: A growing literature on competitiveness and international trade has highlighted the importance of firm-level factors for exporting. We overcome the data unavailability by collecting data on Greek firms’ international operations via a survey. Our findings indicate that export changes are mostly related to foreign demand…
Exports and Exporting Firms in Greece A study prepared for Dianeosis Research and Policy Institute (in Greek) For the extended summary press here
Professor Sarantis Kalyvitis, Director of Liner, presented the study “Exports and Exporting Firms in Greece” (joint with M. Katsimi and T. Moutos) at the 14th Symposium of Association of Industries in Thessaly and in Central Greece, held in Arachova, November 17th 2018.
Firms and Competitiveness: A Novel Database of Greek Exporters and Innovators (Competitiveness Database of Exporters – Greece: CODEX-Greece) The literature on competitiveness and international trade has highlighted, in addition to traditional macroeconomic analysis, the importance of firm-level factors for exporting. Firm characteristics go beyond aggregate economic performance and aim at capturing the heterogeneity of firm…
The Minimum Wage Institution: Empirical, Theoretical, and Political Economy Aspects CESifo Delphi Conference, Hydra City Hall CONFERENCE PROGRAM AND PAPERS
WHO EXPORTS HIGH-QUALITY MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS? SOME EMPIRICAL REGULARITIES FROM GREEK EXPORTING FIRMS S. Kalyvitis (AUEB) Abstract: This chapter assesses the quality of Greek manufacturing exports and links the estimates with the labour structure of exporters. Export quality is estimated to have fallen by 1% per year on average for the period 1998-2010, but recovered in…
VARIABLE EXPORT PRICE ELASTICITIES AND CREDIT CONSTRAINTS: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM GREEK FIRMS (download Appendix) E. Dinopoulos (University of Florida), S. Kalyvitis (AUEB), M. Katsimi (AUEB and CESIfo) Abstract: We propose a simple model of trade with endogenous quality, non-homothetic preferences and credit constraints. A unique data set of Greek manufacturing firms with firm-level exports,…
