Assortative Matching of Exporters and Importers
Assortative Matching of Exporters and Importers
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DOI：
10.1162/rest_a_01114
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发表时间：
2021-10
影响因子：
8
通讯作者：
Y. Sugita;Kensuke Teshima;Enrique Seira
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作者：
Y. Sugita;Kensuke Teshima;Enrique Seira
本文通过考察贸易自由化过程中出口企业与进口企业之间的能力匹配的变化，研究出口企业与进口企业之间的能力匹配。在最近墨西哥-美国纺织品和服装贸易自由化期间，出口商和进口商经常更换主要合作伙伴，并改变贸易量。我们开发了一个多对多的匹配模型的出口商和进口商的合作伙伴转换是主要的调整幅度，具有贝克尔的积极主动匹配的能力。贸易自由化通过引导有系统的伙伴转换，实现了有效的全球买方-供应商匹配，改善了消费者福利。这些数据证实了预测的伴侣转换模式。
This paper studies how exporting and importing firms match based on their capability by investigating the change in such exporter-importer matching during trade liberalization. During the recent liberalization of the Mexico-U.S. textile and apparel trade, exporters and importers often switch their main partners as well as change trade volumes. We develop a many-to-many matching model of exporters and importers where partner switching is the principal margin of adjustment, featuring Beckerian positive assortative matching by capability. Trade liberalization achieves efficient global buyer-supplier matching and improves consumer welfare by inducing systematic partner switching. The data confirm the predicted partner-switching patterns.