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| Latouche, Karine; Rouviere, Elodie. |
| There is little discussion in the literature about trade intermediaries because data is rare. Using very original data, our article sheds light on the behavior of trade intermediaries when importing fresh fruit and vegetables in France. To do so, we distinguish among direct and indirect imports respectively operated through brokers or retailers. We then investigate the impact of country level data on the share of indirect/direct flows of imports by country of origin at the 8-digit level that enter the french market. We show that brokers are more likely to operate in context when fixed and variable costs to trade are high whereas retailers are sensitive to tariffs and product sensitivity. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade; Q17. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114398 |
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| Chevassus-Lozza, Emmanuelle; Latouche, Karine. |
| This article offers a new reading of intra-European trade based on recent developments in new international economics (Melitz, 2003; Chaney, 2008). These models take the heterogeneity of firms into account and offer a micro-economic analysis of the process of selection at work for firms entering markets. An exporting firm has to bear certain specific costs to break into a market, and only sufficiently productive firms are able to do so. Using individual data for French agro-food firms and the distribution of their exports across European markets, this article shows that access conditions to the various European markets are not identical for French firms: the Belgian market would seem to be a natural extension of the French market, whereas the markets of... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Firm heterogeneity; Trade costs; European Integration.; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44123 |
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