Warsaw Economic Seminars – “Importance of productivity for exports of services. The firm-level analysis combined with the gravity model framework” [13.04.2023]
We kindly invite you to take part in the next meeting within the Warsaw Economic Seminars series, organised jointly by the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw and the Warsaw School of Economics.
During the meeting Łukasz Matuszczak, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor in the Department of Macroeconomics and International Trade Theory of the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw will present the research “Importance of productivity for exports of services. The firm-level analysis combined with the gravity model framework” conducted jointly with prof. Jan Jakub Michałek and Rafał Woźniak, Ph.D.
The seminar will take place on April 13th 2023 at 5 p.m. in hybrid mode: in room A203 at the Faculty of Economic Sciences (Długa 44/50) and via Zoom platform: https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/94952861067?pwd=eWFxK0N3SWJJdUNtZUQ4RDYxQ1loZz09
Meeting ID: 949 5286 1067
Passcode: 149259
Abstract:
This paper contributes to the firm-level analysis of services’ export determinants. We compare whether the specific firms’ characteristics affecting services exports performance are similar to those of goods exporting firms. First, we estimate firm-level determinants of services exports using granular data on Poland's international trade in services (ITSS), enriched with gravity model variables. We check whether the unobserved firm’s productivity can be treated as constant and thus be a part of the individual heterogeneity. Second, we extend our analysis by merging ITSS with ORBIS data, containing more information on firm-level characteristics. We calculate firm-level TFP and check whether additional new variables affect export performance. We proxy the information on firm-level innovation by using the information on intangible assets as an IV variable. For robustness checks of our estimations, we apply several estimation methods such as Fixed Effects Poisson Panel (FE), Correlated Random Effects (CRE) and FE with endogenous variables.
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