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eBay’s anatomy

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  • Lendle, Andreas
  • Olarrega, Marcelo
  • Schropp, Simon
  • Vézina, Pierre-Louis

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We use a new US-firm-level dataset covering all domestic and international sales made through eBay, an online marketplace, to provide insights about firm heterogeneity in online international trade. One is that the share of firms that export is surprisingly high, at 85%.

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  • Lendle, Andreas & Olarrega, Marcelo & Schropp, Simon & Vézina, Pierre-Louis, 2013. "eBay’s anatomy," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 121(1), pages 115-120.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:121:y:2013:i:1:p:115-120
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.07.016
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    Keywords

    Heterogeneous firms; Online trade; eBay;
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    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions

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