Export Promotion and Firm Entry into and Survival in Export Markets

Surveys of export promotion agencies suggest that that they tend to focus on helping firms become exporters as a means to stimulate aggregate export growth. But the existing empirical evidence has paid little attention to the role of export promoti...

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Main Authors:	Lederman, Daniel, Olarreaga, Marcelo, Zavala, Lucas
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	MANUFACTURING USERS TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYMENT GRANT MERCHANDISE COMPETITORS EXPORT MARKETS INDIRECT EXPORTS FIRMS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES EXPORT PROMOTION PROGRAMS INTERNATIONAL TRADE RESULTS COLLECTION OF INFORMATION MERCHANDISE EXPORTS INTEREST VALUE INFORMATION EXPORTS TRADE FLOWS EXPORTERS ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EXPORT PROMOTION GOAL FIRM SIZE MARKET EMAIL OPEN ACCESS RESULT INSTITUTIONS DATA MARKET ENTRY SWITCH BUSINESS INVESTMENT EXPORT GROWTH PARTNERS TARIFF FIXED COSTS CUSTOMS FINANCIAL SUPPORT EXPORT INVESTMENTS WORLD TRADE MARKETS FIRM MULTINATIONALS WEB FIXED COST REFERENCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERNATIONALIZATION WEB PAGE SEE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS EXPORT MARKET EXPORT DYNAMICS SUBSIDIES USES CAPABILITIES GRANTS CLIENTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24927140/export-promotion-firm-entry-survival-export-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22657

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spelling	okr-10986-226572021-04-23T14:04:10Z Export Promotion and Firm Entry into and Survival in Export Markets Lederman, Daniel Olarreaga, Marcelo Zavala, Lucas MANUFACTURING USERS TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYMENT GRANT MERCHANDISE COMPETITORS EXPORT MARKETS INDIRECT EXPORTS FIRMS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES EXPORT PROMOTION PROGRAMS INTERNATIONAL TRADE RESULTS COLLECTION OF INFORMATION MERCHANDISE EXPORTS INTEREST VALUE INFORMATION EXPORTS TRADE FLOWS EXPORTERS ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EXPORT PROMOTION GOAL FIRM SIZE MARKET EMAIL OPEN ACCESS RESULT INSTITUTIONS DATA MARKET ENTRY SWITCH BUSINESS INVESTMENT EXPORT GROWTH PARTNERS TARIFF FIXED COSTS CUSTOMS FINANCIAL SUPPORT EXPORT INVESTMENTS WORLD TRADE MARKETS FIRM MULTINATIONALS WEB FIXED COST REFERENCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERNATIONALIZATION WEB PAGE SEE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS EXPORT MARKET EXPORT DYNAMICS SUBSIDIES USES CAPABILITIES GRANTS CLIENTS Surveys of export promotion agencies suggest that that they tend to focus on helping firms become exporters as a means to stimulate aggregate export growth. But the existing empirical evidence has paid little attention to the role of export promotion agencies in helping entry into exporting. This paper fills this gap with a panel of exporting and non-exporting firms from seven Latin American countries during the period 2006-2010. The results suggest that export promotion encourages exports mainly by helping firms enter into and survive in export markets. The impact on the intensive margin of exporting firms is not robust. This finding is consistent with export promotion helping reduce fixed rather than variable costs of exporting, which is to be expected if export promotion agencies help correct for market failures associated with information externalities. 2015-09-23T15:56:07Z 2015-09-23T15:56:07Z 2015-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24927140/export-promotion-firm-entry-survival-export-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22657 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7400 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic	MANUFACTURING USERS TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYMENT GRANT MERCHANDISE COMPETITORS EXPORT MARKETS INDIRECT EXPORTS FIRMS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES EXPORT PROMOTION PROGRAMS INTERNATIONAL TRADE RESULTS COLLECTION OF INFORMATION MERCHANDISE EXPORTS INTEREST VALUE INFORMATION EXPORTS TRADE FLOWS EXPORTERS ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EXPORT PROMOTION GOAL FIRM SIZE MARKET EMAIL OPEN ACCESS RESULT INSTITUTIONS DATA MARKET ENTRY SWITCH BUSINESS INVESTMENT EXPORT GROWTH PARTNERS TARIFF FIXED COSTS CUSTOMS FINANCIAL SUPPORT EXPORT INVESTMENTS WORLD TRADE MARKETS FIRM MULTINATIONALS WEB FIXED COST REFERENCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERNATIONALIZATION WEB PAGE SEE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS EXPORT MARKET EXPORT DYNAMICS SUBSIDIES USES CAPABILITIES GRANTS CLIENTS
spellingShingle	MANUFACTURING USERS TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYMENT GRANT MERCHANDISE COMPETITORS EXPORT MARKETS INDIRECT EXPORTS FIRMS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES EXPORT PROMOTION PROGRAMS INTERNATIONAL TRADE RESULTS COLLECTION OF INFORMATION MERCHANDISE EXPORTS INTEREST VALUE INFORMATION EXPORTS TRADE FLOWS EXPORTERS ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EXPORT PROMOTION GOAL FIRM SIZE MARKET EMAIL OPEN ACCESS RESULT INSTITUTIONS DATA MARKET ENTRY SWITCH BUSINESS INVESTMENT EXPORT GROWTH PARTNERS TARIFF FIXED COSTS CUSTOMS FINANCIAL SUPPORT EXPORT INVESTMENTS WORLD TRADE MARKETS FIRM MULTINATIONALS WEB FIXED COST REFERENCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERNATIONALIZATION WEB PAGE SEE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS EXPORT MARKET EXPORT DYNAMICS SUBSIDIES USES CAPABILITIES GRANTS CLIENTS Lederman, Daniel Olarreaga, Marcelo Zavala, Lucas Export Promotion and Firm Entry into and Survival in Export Markets
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7400
description	Surveys of export promotion agencies suggest that that they tend to focus on helping firms become exporters as a means to stimulate aggregate export growth. But the existing empirical evidence has paid little attention to the role of export promotion agencies in helping entry into exporting. This paper fills this gap with a panel of exporting and non-exporting firms from seven Latin American countries during the period 2006-2010. The results suggest that export promotion encourages exports mainly by helping firms enter into and survive in export markets. The impact on the intensive margin of exporting firms is not robust. This finding is consistent with export promotion helping reduce fixed rather than variable costs of exporting, which is to be expected if export promotion agencies help correct for market failures associated with information externalities.
format	Working Paper
author	Lederman, Daniel Olarreaga, Marcelo Zavala, Lucas
author_facet	Lederman, Daniel Olarreaga, Marcelo Zavala, Lucas
author_sort	Lederman, Daniel
title	Export Promotion and Firm Entry into and Survival in Export Markets
title_short	Export Promotion and Firm Entry into and Survival in Export Markets
title_full	Export Promotion and Firm Entry into and Survival in Export Markets
title_fullStr	Export Promotion and Firm Entry into and Survival in Export Markets
title_full_unstemmed	Export Promotion and Firm Entry into and Survival in Export Markets
title_sort	export promotion and firm entry into and survival in export markets
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24927140/export-promotion-firm-entry-survival-export-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22657
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Export Promotion and Firm Entry into and Survival in Export Markets

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