Agglomeration and the export decisions of French firms

Pamina Koenig

Journal of Urban Economics, 2009, vol. 66, issue 3, 186-195

Abstract: This paper asks whether export spillovers influence the export behavior of French manufacturers. I use a database containing export flows by firm and importing country between 1986 and 1992. The decision to start exporting to a particular country is estimated using a logit model, controlling for the specific characteristics of firms, locations, countries and years. The export spillovers identified are industry- and/or destination-specific, and are computed at a very disaggregated geographical level. The results indicate that the pool of local exporters positively affects the decision to start exporting to a country. These effects are clearly destination-specific, and are larger for firms that export to remote markets.

Keywords: Export; decision; Export; market; Destination-specific; spillovers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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