Geography and Exporting Behavior : Evidence from India
This paper examines locational factors that increase the odds of a firm's entry into export markets and affect the intensity of its participation. It differentiates between two different sources of spillovers: clustering of general economic ac...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120228092204 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3265 |
| Summary: | This paper examines locational factors
that increase the odds of a firm's entry into export
markets and affect the intensity of its participation. It
differentiates between two different sources of spillovers:
clustering of general economic activity and that of
export-oriented activity. It also focuses on the effect of
the business environment and that of institutions at the
spatial unit of districts in India. The study disentangles
the within-industry effect from the within-firm effect. A
simple logit specification is used to model the probability
of entry. The analysis is based on a panel of manufacturing
firms in India, which allows for the introduction of
firm-specific controls and a battery of fixed effects. The
findings suggest that exporter-specific clustering, general
economic agglomeration, and institutional factors affect
firms' export behavior. |
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