POTENCIAL EXPORTADOR DAS FIRMAS INDUSTRIAIS BRASILEIRAS

Bruno César Pino Oliveira de Araújo and Donald Matthew Pianto

Anais do XXXIII Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 33th Brazilian Economics Meeting] from ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pósgraduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics]

Abstract: We use Propensity Score Matching in an novel way to classify Brazilian industrial firms according to their potential to export. Our four-level classification specifically identifies non-exporting firms which have a degree of international competitiveness similar to firms which export. This conclusion is drawn by comparing various productive and technological characteristics of these potential exporters with those of exporting firms and observing little or no difference between the two groups. The effects of export stimulating policies may be improved by focusing more closely on these firms. If the potential exporters from 2000 began to export in 2001, export volume would increase 17% and the export base would be augmented by 64%.

JEL-codes: C40 F14 F15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005

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