Exporters Dynamics and the Role of Imports in Argentina

This paper examines the performance of globally engaged firms in Argentina in the past decade. Using highly disaggregated firm-level customs transaction data for imports and exports, the paper documents the progressive retreat of Argentine firms fr...

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Main Authors:	Arnoletto, Matias, Franco Bedoya, Sebastian, Reyes, Jose-Daniel
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	EXPORTER DYNAMICS EXPORTER GROWTH FIRM-LEVEL DATA ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY EXPORT PERFORMANCE IMPORTS GLOBAL MARKET VALUE CHAIN EXPORT CONCENTRATION FIRM ENTRY IMPORT SUBSTITUTION INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMPETITION POLICY COMPETITIVENESS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/805321587577274545/Exporters-Dynamics-and-the-Role-of-Imports-in-Argentina http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33792

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spelling	okr-10986-337922022-09-20T00:13:33Z Exporters Dynamics and the Role of Imports in Argentina Arnoletto, Matias Franco Bedoya, Sebastian Reyes, Jose-Daniel EXPORTER DYNAMICS EXPORTER GROWTH FIRM-LEVEL DATA ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY EXPORT PERFORMANCE IMPORTS GLOBAL MARKET VALUE CHAIN EXPORT CONCENTRATION FIRM ENTRY IMPORT SUBSTITUTION INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMPETITION POLICY COMPETITIVENESS This paper examines the performance of globally engaged firms in Argentina in the past decade. Using highly disaggregated firm-level customs transaction data for imports and exports, the paper documents the progressive retreat of Argentine firms from global markets. Between 2007 and 2017, the number of exporters decreased by 30 percent. Benchmarking the characteristics of these exporters with similar countries reveals that Argentine exporters are disproportionally fewer and individually larger, with export value extremely concentrated in a few firms. Firm churning rates are disproportionately low and survival rates of entrants are high. These findings reflect exceptionally high entry costs of export, which are the result of anti-export bias and import substitution policies that sought unsuccessfully to develop the local industry. The paper shows that exporters that import directly intermediate and capital goods have better export outcomes than other exporters. 2020-05-21T16:23:17Z 2020-05-21T16:23:17Z 2020-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/805321587577274545/Exporters-Dynamics-and-the-Role-of-Imports-in-Argentina http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33792 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9218 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 Latin America & Caribbean Argentina
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topic	EXPORTER DYNAMICS EXPORTER GROWTH FIRM-LEVEL DATA ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY EXPORT PERFORMANCE IMPORTS GLOBAL MARKET VALUE CHAIN EXPORT CONCENTRATION FIRM ENTRY IMPORT SUBSTITUTION INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMPETITION POLICY COMPETITIVENESS
spellingShingle	EXPORTER DYNAMICS EXPORTER GROWTH FIRM-LEVEL DATA ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY EXPORT PERFORMANCE IMPORTS GLOBAL MARKET VALUE CHAIN EXPORT CONCENTRATION FIRM ENTRY IMPORT SUBSTITUTION INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMPETITION POLICY COMPETITIVENESS Arnoletto, Matias Franco Bedoya, Sebastian Reyes, Jose-Daniel Exporters Dynamics and the Role of Imports in Argentina
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description	This paper examines the performance of globally engaged firms in Argentina in the past decade. Using highly disaggregated firm-level customs transaction data for imports and exports, the paper documents the progressive retreat of Argentine firms from global markets. Between 2007 and 2017, the number of exporters decreased by 30 percent. Benchmarking the characteristics of these exporters with similar countries reveals that Argentine exporters are disproportionally fewer and individually larger, with export value extremely concentrated in a few firms. Firm churning rates are disproportionately low and survival rates of entrants are high. These findings reflect exceptionally high entry costs of export, which are the result of anti-export bias and import substitution policies that sought unsuccessfully to develop the local industry. The paper shows that exporters that import directly intermediate and capital goods have better export outcomes than other exporters.
format	Working Paper
author	Arnoletto, Matias Franco Bedoya, Sebastian Reyes, Jose-Daniel
author_facet	Arnoletto, Matias Franco Bedoya, Sebastian Reyes, Jose-Daniel
author_sort	Arnoletto, Matias
title	Exporters Dynamics and the Role of Imports in Argentina
title_short	Exporters Dynamics and the Role of Imports in Argentina
title_full	Exporters Dynamics and the Role of Imports in Argentina
title_fullStr	Exporters Dynamics and the Role of Imports in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed	Exporters Dynamics and the Role of Imports in Argentina
title_sort	exporters dynamics and the role of imports in argentina
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/805321587577274545/Exporters-Dynamics-and-the-Role-of-Imports-in-Argentina http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33792
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