Big hits, export concentration and volatility

Shamnaaz Sufrauj (), Stefano Schiavo and Massimo Riccaboni ()

Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, 2015, vol. 32, issue 2, 135-166

Abstract: Recent empirical work has documented the high concentration of trade flows, and the large role played by few “big hits” in each country’s export. We propose a simple stochastic benchmark against which we assess each economy’s actual number of “big hits”. We show that most European countries underperform the benchmark, while China, the US and Germany do better. A low number of “big hits” (relative to our prediction) is associated with higher export volatility. Looking at possible determinants of “big hits”, we find they depend on the actual performance of each country, so that industrial policy needs to be country-specific. Copyright Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

Keywords: Big hits; Trade networks; Export concentration; Industrial policy; Volatility of trade; F13; F14; F43; O19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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