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Spatial exporters

Defever, Fabrice; Heid, Benedikt; Larch, Mario

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Fabrice Defever

Benedikt Heid

Mario Larch



Abstract

In this paper, we provide causal evidence that firms serve new markets which are geographically close to their prior export destinations with a higher probability than standard gravity models predict. We quantify the impact of this spatial pattern using a data set of Chinese firms which had never exported to the EU, the United States, and Canada before 2005. These countries imposed import quotas on textile and apparel products until 2005 and experienced a subsequent increase in imports of previously constrained Chinese firms. Controlling for firm-destination specific effects and accounting for potential true state dependence we show that the probability to export to a country increases by about two percentage points for each prior export destination which shares a common border with this country. We find little evidence for other forms of proximity to previous export destinations like common colonizer, language or income group.

Citation

Defever, F., Heid, B., & Larch, M. (2015). Spatial exporters. Journal of International Economics, 95(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2014.11.006

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 10, 2014
Online Publication Date Nov 17, 2014
Publication Date Jan 1, 2015
Deposit Date Jun 23, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of International Economics
Print ISSN 0022-1996
Electronic ISSN 0022-1996
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 95
Issue 1
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2014.11.006
Keywords Export Destination Choice, Spatial Correlation, Extended Gravity, Firm-level Customs Data, MFA/ATC Quota Removal
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/740169
Publisher URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002219961400138X
Related Public URLs http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2014.11.006

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