Export Superstars
We show that very large firms shape country export patterns. Among 32 countries, the top firm on average accounts for 14% of a country’s total (non-oil) exports, and the top five firms make up 30%. These export superstars are also important in the sectoral distribution of exports. Variation in expor...
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okr-10986-239422021-04-23T14:04:18Z Export Superstars Freund, Caroline Pierola, Martha Denisse export patterns comparative advantage sectoral composition We show that very large firms shape country export patterns. Among 32 countries, the top firm on average accounts for 14% of a country’s total (non-oil) exports, and the top five firms make up 30%. These export superstars are also important in the sectoral distribution of exports. Variation in exports from the top firm in a country explains about one-third of the variation in sectoral exports relative to income across countries, and variation in exports from the top five firms explains nearly half. Revealed comparative advantage in a sector can be created by a single firm. 2016-03-11T17:58:42Z 2016-03-11T17:58:42Z 2015-12 Journal Article Review of Economics and Statistics http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23942 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank MIT Press Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research |
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We show that very large firms shape country export patterns. Among 32 countries, the top firm on average accounts for 14% of a country’s total (non-oil) exports, and the top five firms make up 30%. These export superstars are also important in the sectoral distribution of exports. Variation in exports from the top firm in a country explains about one-third of the variation in sectoral exports relative to income across countries, and variation in exports from the top five firms explains nearly half. Revealed comparative advantage in a sector can be created by a single firm. |
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