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Foreign Shocks as Granular Fluctuations

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  • Julian di Giovanni

    (Federal Reserve Bank of New York, ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona GSE, CREI and CEPR)

  • Andrei A. Levchenko

    (University of Michigan, NBER, & CEPR)

  • Isabelle Mejean

    (CREST-Ecole Polytechnique and CEPR)

Abstract
This paper uses a dataset covering the universe of French firm-level sales, imports, and exports over the period 1993-2007 and a quantitative multi-country model to study the international transmission of business cycle shocks at both the micro and the macro levels. The largest firms are both important enough to generate aggregate fluctuations (Gabaix, 2011), and most likely to be internationally connected. This implies that foreign shocks are transmitted to the domestic economy primarily through the largest firms. We first document a novel stylized fact: larger French firms are significantly more sensitive to foreign GDP growth. We then implement a quantitative framework calibrated to the full extent of observed heterogeneity in firm size, exporting, and importing. We simulate the propagation of foreign shocks to the French economy and report one micro and one macro finding. At the micro level heterogeneity across firms predominates: 40 to 85% of the impact of foreign fluctuations on French GDP is accounted for by the Òforeign granular residualÓ Ð the term capturing the fact that larger firms are more affected by the foreign shocks. At the macro level, firm heterogeneity dampens the impact of foreign shocks, with the GDP responses 10 to 20% larger in a representative firm model compared to the baseline model.

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  • Julian di Giovanni & Andrei A. Levchenko & Isabelle Mejean, 2020. "Foreign Shocks as Granular Fluctuations," Working Papers 678, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan.
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    Keywords

    Granularity; Shock transmission; Aggregate fluctuations; Input linkages; International trade;
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    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • F44 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - International Business Cycles
    • F62 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Macroeconomic Impacts
    • L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation

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