Abstract
PurposeThis paper studies the frequency and the average size of export shipments at the firm–product–destination level.Design/methodology/approachThis paper sets up a theoretical model about the shipping frequency and the shipment size of exports to a given market from individual exporters. Then it confronts the predictions of the model with trade data.FindingsThis paper shows that patterns of export shipments are determined by (1) a product's export potential in a market, which is the exports revenue when the firm delivers the exports of the product to the market in a single shipment in each period; and (2) factors related to the firm's efficiency of managing shipments of the product exported to the market.Originality/valueThis paper reveals some important patterns of export shipments. It provides a theoretical model that explains the patterns.
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