TY  - JOUR
AU  - Goldberg,Pinelopi K.
AU  - Knetter,Michael M.
TI  - Measuring the Intensity of Competition in Export Markets
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 5226
PY  - 1995
Y2  - August 1995
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w5226
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w5226.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Pinelopi K. Goldberg
Yale University
Department  of Economics
37 Hillhouse Ave.
P.O. Box 208264
New Haven, CT 06520-8264
E-Mail: penny.goldberg@yale.edu

Michael M. Knetter
School of Business
University of Wisconsin, Madison
5110 Grainger Hall
975 University Avenue
Madison, WI  53706-1323
Tel: 608/262-1758
Fax: NA
E-Mail: mike.knetter@supportuw.org
AB  - This paper develops an approach to measuring the intensity of competition in international markets.  The method measures the degree of 'outside' competition faced by exporters located in one source country from firms located outside the source country.  We use the elasticity of price and quantity to exchange rate shocks, which shift the relative costs of producers from a particular source country, to calculate our measure of outside competition.  The measures are estimated using panel data on exports of U.S. linerboard and German beer to a variety of destination markets.  The destination-specific panel data allow comparisons of outside competition across destination markets.
ER  -