Spillover Effects of Foreign and Domestic Exporting Firms on Export Decisions of Local Manufacturing Firms: Evidence from Viet Nam

Quang Hoan Truong and Dong Van Chung
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Quang Hoan Truong: Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS)
Dong Van Chung: Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS)

No DP-2021-43, Working Papers from Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Abstract: Our paper investigates the spillover effects generated by foreign and domestic exporting firms on export decisions of local manufacturing firms in Viet Nam – a developing economy – over 2010–18. In the export participation, we find positive spillover effects from foreign and domestic exporting firms on domestic firms’ export participation, while negative spillover effects are detected with the backward channel. Estimation shows the positive forward spillover effects from domestic exporting firms on domestic counterparts’ export participation; on the contrary, the forward spillover effects generated by foreign direct investment exporting firms are negative. In addition, we discover the opposite spillover effects from foreign direct investment and domestic exporting firms on the probability of export exit of domestic firms, with the negative impact under the horizontal channel and the positive one under the backward channel. There are also effects of firms’ characteristics such as labour productivity, wage, firm size, and capital intensity on the export participation and export exit of domestic firms. From empirical evidence, the paper provides policy implications to strengthen linkages between foreign and domestic exporting firms with local firms in Viet Nam.

Keywords: Spillover Effects; export status; foreign and domestic exporting firms; Viet Nam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 F23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-12-15
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