Data and Code for The DNA of New Exporters: Spin-Offs and FDI at the Extensive Margin of Trade

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Bernardo S. Blum, University of Toronto; Sebastian Claro, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Ignatius J. Horstmann, University of Toronto; Trevor Tombe, University of Calgary

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CODE for The DNA of New Exporters Feb28_2020.do text/x-stata-syntax 56.3 KB 02/29/2020 12:32:PM
README for The DNA of New Exporters Feb 27 2020.pdf application/pdf 110.5 KB 02/29/2020 12:54:PM

Project Citation: 

Blum, Bernardo S., Claro, Sebastian, Horstmann, Ignatius J., and Tombe, Trevor. Data and Code for The DNA of New Exporters: Spin-Offs and FDI at the Extensive Margin of Trade. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2020. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-08-26. https://doi.org/10.3886/E117402V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Other than that new exporters account for a large part of aggregate export growth, we know little else. We document that aggregate export growth in Chile is driven by only a few new exporters. These exporters are new business entities, operate new plants, and behave much like experienced exporters: they start large and have high survival rates. Moreover, 70% of these "new firms" are owned by existing businesses and are likely the by-product of either domestic spin-offs or foreign direct investment (24%). By focusing on the average new exporter the existing models of new exporter dynamics miss these key features of export growth.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms new exporter dynamics
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      F10 Trade: General
      F12 Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) program source code


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