Export Margins, Employment Skills and Financial Conditions: Stylized Facts from Greek Exporters
Sarantis Kalyvitis (AUEB) and Margarita Katsimi (AUEB and CESIfo) Download paper
Export Prices and Markups with a Common Currency: Empirical Evidence from Greek Exporting Firms and Euro Adoption
Kyriakos Drivas (University of Pireaus), Sarantis Kalyvitis (AUEB), Margarita Katsimi (AUEB and CESIfo) Abstract: We estimate the effect of euro adoption on prices using data on Greek exporters spanning over the period 1999-2007. The overall impact of the euro on the prices of exports was negligible, but it masks significant heterogeneity across firms with different…
Innovation, Patents and Trade: A Firm-level Analysis E. Chalioti (Yale University), K. Drivas (AUEB), S. Kalyvitis (AUEB), M. Katsimi (AUEB and CESIfo)
INNOVATION, PATENTS AND TRADE: A FIRM-LEVEL ANALYSIS (Download Appendix) E. Chalioti (Yale University), K. Drivas (AUEB), S. Kalyvitis (AUEB), M. Katsimi (AUEB and CESIfo) Abstract: Using micro data of firm exports and international patent activity, we find that Greek innovative exporters, identified by their patent filing activity, have substantially higher export revenues by selling higher…
Export Performance during Financial Crises: Evidence from a Greek Firms Level Survey-data
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…
Variable Export Price Elasticities and Credit Constraints: Theory and Evidence from Greek Firms E. Dinopoulos (University of Florida), Sarantis Kalyvitis (AUEB), Margarita Katsimi (AUEB and CESIfo)
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,…
COMPETITIVENESS DATABASE OF EXPORTERS GREECE: SURVEY RESULTS This project has received funding from the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) and the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI), under grant agreement No [242].
Scientific Coordinator: Evangelos Pastelakos, PhD For the report press here.
Εξωστρέφεια, Εξαγωγές των Επιχειρήσεων & Μισθολογικό Περιβάλλον στην Ελληνική Οικονομία Η μελέτη υλοποιήθηκε με την υποστήριξη της Ερευνητικής Έδρας του Ιδρύματος Α. Γ. Λεβέντη στο ΕΛΙΑΜΕΠ
Θεώνη Κακουλίδου, Σαράντης Καλυβίτης, Μαργαρίτα Κατσίμη, Θωμάς Μούτος. For the summary of the report in english press here. Περίληψη της Μελέτης Η περιορισμένη ανταγωνιστικότητα της ελληνικής οικονομίας αποτέλεσε έναν καθοριστικό παράγοντα πυροδότησης της κρίσης χρέους, ενώ ταυτόχρονα συνέβαλε στην παρατεταμένη αδυναμία προσαρμογής στα προ κρίσης επίπεδα οικονομικής δραστηριότητας. Η απώλεια διεθνούς ανταγωνιστικότητας της ελληνικής οικονομίας…
Who Exports High-Quality Manufacturing Products? Some Empirical Regularities from Greek Exporting Firms Sarantis Kalyvitis
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…