Domestic Constraints, Firm Characteristics, and Geographical Diversification of Firm-Level Manufacturing Exports in Africa
Using firm-level data on manufacturing sectors in Africa, this paper addresses how domestic supply constraints and other firm characteristics explain the geographical orientation of firms' exports and the overall market diversification of Afri...
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS APPAREL APPAREL EXPORTS APPAREL PRODUCTS BANK POLICY BILATERAL TRADE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS CAPITAL INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK COMMODITY PRICES COMPANY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMERS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DIVERSIFICATION DIVERSIFIED MARKETS DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMIC SURVEYS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT COSTS EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT INTENSITY EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT ORIENTATION EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT RATIO EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORTER EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNAL TRADE FACTOR MARKETS FACTOR PRICE FIRM SIZE FIRMS FIXED COSTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN TECHNOLOGIES FOREIGN TRADE GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL EXPORTS GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL MARKETS GROWTH RATE IMPACT OF TRADE INCOME INDUSTRY TRADE INEFFICIENCY INSTRUMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE MANUFACTURERS MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES MARGINAL COST MARGINAL EFFECTS MARKET DIVERSIFICATION MARKET ENTRY MARKET ENTRY COSTS MARKET ORIENTATION MARKET SIZE MARKET STRUCTURE MARKET STRUCTURES MARKETING MICRO-DATA MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS NETWORK EXTERNALITY PARENT COMPANIES POSITIVE COEFFICIENT POSITIVE COEFFICIENTS POSITIVE EFFECTS PREFERENTIAL MARKET ACCESS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF PRICE INDEX PRODUCER PRICE PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MAXIMIZATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE RETAILING RETURN SCALE EFFECT SCALE EFFECTS SHAREHOLDERS SIZE OF FIRM SIZE OF FIRMS SPECIALIZATION SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUNK COSTS SUPPLIER SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAINS TAX TAX EXEMPTION TELEPHONE LINE TOTAL REVENUE TOTAL SALES TRADE COSTS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE OPPORTUNITIES TRADE PARTNERS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE POLICIES TRADE PREFERENCES TRADING TRADING COST TRADING COSTS TURNOVER UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY MAXIMIZATION VALUE ADDED WAGES WESTERN EUROPE WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS APPAREL APPAREL EXPORTS APPAREL PRODUCTS BANK POLICY BILATERAL TRADE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS CAPITAL INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK COMMODITY PRICES COMPANY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMERS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DIVERSIFICATION DIVERSIFIED MARKETS DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMIC SURVEYS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT COSTS EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT INTENSITY EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT ORIENTATION EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT RATIO EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORTER EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNAL TRADE FACTOR MARKETS FACTOR PRICE FIRM SIZE FIRMS FIXED COSTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN TECHNOLOGIES FOREIGN TRADE GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL EXPORTS GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL MARKETS GROWTH RATE IMPACT OF TRADE INCOME INDUSTRY TRADE INEFFICIENCY INSTRUMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE MANUFACTURERS MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES MARGINAL COST MARGINAL EFFECTS MARKET DIVERSIFICATION MARKET ENTRY MARKET ENTRY COSTS MARKET ORIENTATION MARKET SIZE MARKET STRUCTURE MARKET STRUCTURES MARKETING MICRO-DATA MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS NETWORK EXTERNALITY PARENT COMPANIES POSITIVE COEFFICIENT POSITIVE COEFFICIENTS POSITIVE EFFECTS PREFERENTIAL MARKET ACCESS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF PRICE INDEX PRODUCER PRICE PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MAXIMIZATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE RETAILING RETURN SCALE EFFECT SCALE EFFECTS SHAREHOLDERS SIZE OF FIRM SIZE OF FIRMS SPECIALIZATION SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUNK COSTS SUPPLIER SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAINS TAX TAX EXEMPTION TELEPHONE LINE TOTAL REVENUE TOTAL SALES TRADE COSTS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE OPPORTUNITIES TRADE PARTNERS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE POLICIES TRADE PREFERENCES TRADING TRADING COST TRADING COSTS TURNOVER UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY MAXIMIZATION VALUE ADDED WAGES WESTERN EUROPE WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO Yoshino, Yutaka Domestic Constraints, Firm Characteristics, and Geographical Diversification of Firm-Level Manufacturing Exports in Africa |
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Using firm-level data on manufacturing
sectors in Africa, this paper addresses how domestic supply
constraints and other firm characteristics explain the
geographical orientation of firms' exports and the
overall market diversification of African manufacturing
exports. The degree of market diversification, measured by
the number of export destinations, is highly correlated with
export intensity at the firm level, and both embody strong
scale effects. Technological factors, such as new vintage
capital and Internet access, which improve production
efficiency and lower export costs, show strong effects on
the firm-level export intensity. Some qualitative
differences exist between Africa's regional exports and
exports to the global markets. Foreign ownership is a
significant factor in characterizing the intensity of global
exports but not regional exports. The technological factors
are significant in both cases, but more so in global
exports. Public infrastructure constraints, such as inferior
power services and customs delays, seem to have more
immediate impacts on regional exports in general, implying
the relevance of addressing behind-the-border constraints in
fostering regional integration in Africa. Customs efficiency
does matter for textile exports to the global markets,
underscoring the importance of improving trade facilitation
in Africa for competitive participation of African producers
in global supply chain industries. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Yoshino, Yutaka |
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Yoshino, Yutaka |
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Yoshino, Yutaka |
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Domestic Constraints, Firm Characteristics, and Geographical Diversification of Firm-Level Manufacturing Exports in Africa |
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Domestic Constraints, Firm Characteristics, and Geographical Diversification of Firm-Level Manufacturing Exports in Africa |
| title_full |
Domestic Constraints, Firm Characteristics, and Geographical Diversification of Firm-Level Manufacturing Exports in Africa |
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Domestic Constraints, Firm Characteristics, and Geographical Diversification of Firm-Level Manufacturing Exports in Africa |
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Domestic Constraints, Firm Characteristics, and Geographical Diversification of Firm-Level Manufacturing Exports in Africa |
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domestic constraints, firm characteristics, and geographical diversification of firm-level manufacturing exports in africa |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9123509/domestic-constraints-firm-characteristics-geographical-diversification-firm-level-manufacturing-exports-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6505 |
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okr-10986-65052021-04-23T14:02:31Z Domestic Constraints, Firm Characteristics, and Geographical Diversification of Firm-Level Manufacturing Exports in Africa Yoshino, Yutaka ACCESS TO INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS APPAREL APPAREL EXPORTS APPAREL PRODUCTS BANK POLICY BILATERAL TRADE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS CAPITAL INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK COMMODITY PRICES COMPANY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMERS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DIVERSIFICATION DIVERSIFIED MARKETS DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMIC SURVEYS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT COSTS EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT INTENSITY EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT ORIENTATION EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT RATIO EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORTER EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNAL TRADE FACTOR MARKETS FACTOR PRICE FIRM SIZE FIRMS FIXED COSTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN TECHNOLOGIES FOREIGN TRADE GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL EXPORTS GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL MARKETS GROWTH RATE IMPACT OF TRADE INCOME INDUSTRY TRADE INEFFICIENCY INSTRUMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE MANUFACTURERS MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES MARGINAL COST MARGINAL EFFECTS MARKET DIVERSIFICATION MARKET ENTRY MARKET ENTRY COSTS MARKET ORIENTATION MARKET SIZE MARKET STRUCTURE MARKET STRUCTURES MARKETING MICRO-DATA MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS NETWORK EXTERNALITY PARENT COMPANIES POSITIVE COEFFICIENT POSITIVE COEFFICIENTS POSITIVE EFFECTS PREFERENTIAL MARKET ACCESS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF PRICE INDEX PRODUCER PRICE PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MAXIMIZATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE RETAILING RETURN SCALE EFFECT SCALE EFFECTS SHAREHOLDERS SIZE OF FIRM SIZE OF FIRMS SPECIALIZATION SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUNK COSTS SUPPLIER SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAINS TAX TAX EXEMPTION TELEPHONE LINE TOTAL REVENUE TOTAL SALES TRADE COSTS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE OPPORTUNITIES TRADE PARTNERS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE POLICIES TRADE PREFERENCES TRADING TRADING COST TRADING COSTS TURNOVER UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY MAXIMIZATION VALUE ADDED WAGES WESTERN EUROPE WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO Using firm-level data on manufacturing sectors in Africa, this paper addresses how domestic supply constraints and other firm characteristics explain the geographical orientation of firms' exports and the overall market diversification of African manufacturing exports. The degree of market diversification, measured by the number of export destinations, is highly correlated with export intensity at the firm level, and both embody strong scale effects. Technological factors, such as new vintage capital and Internet access, which improve production efficiency and lower export costs, show strong effects on the firm-level export intensity. Some qualitative differences exist between Africa's regional exports and exports to the global markets. Foreign ownership is a significant factor in characterizing the intensity of global exports but not regional exports. The technological factors are significant in both cases, but more so in global exports. Public infrastructure constraints, such as inferior power services and customs delays, seem to have more immediate impacts on regional exports in general, implying the relevance of addressing behind-the-border constraints in fostering regional integration in Africa. Customs efficiency does matter for textile exports to the global markets, underscoring the importance of improving trade facilitation in Africa for competitive participation of African producers in global supply chain industries. 2012-05-29T13:38:58Z 2012-05-29T13:38:58Z 2008-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9123509/domestic-constraints-firm-characteristics-geographical-diversification-firm-level-manufacturing-exports-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6505 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4575 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa |