Agglomeration and the Export Decision of French Firms
Article dans une revue: This paper asks whether export spillovers influence the export behavior of French manufacturers. I use a database containing export flows by firm and importing country between 1986 and 1992. The decision to start exporting to a particular country is estimated using a logit model, controlling for the specific characteristics of firms, locations, countries and years. The export spillovers identified are industry- and/or destination-specific, and are computed at a very disaggregated geographical level. The results indicate that the pool of local exporters positively affects the decision to start exporting to a country. These effects are clearly destination-specific, and are larger for firms that export to remote markets.
Auteur(s)
Pamina Koenig
Revue
- Journal of Urban Economics
Date de publication
- 2009
Mots-clés JEL
Mots-clés
- Export decision
- Export market
- Destination-specific spillovers
Pages
- 186-195
URL de la notice HAL
Version
- 1
Volume
- 66