Local Export Spillovers in France

Pamina Koenig, Florian Mayneris and Sandra Poncet ()

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Abstract: This paper investigates the presence of local export spillovers on both the extensive (the decision to start exporting) and the intensive (the export volume) margins of trade, using data on French individual export flows, at the product-level and by destination country, between 1998 and 2003. We investigate whether the individual decision to start exporting and exported volume are influenced by the presence of nearby product and/or destination specific exporters, using a gravity-type equation estimated at the firmlevel. Spillovers are considered at a fine geographical level corresponding to employment areas (348 in France). We control for the new economic geography-type selection of firms into agglomerated areas, and for the local price effects of firms agglomeration. Results show evidence of the presence of export spillovers on the export decision but not on the exported volume. We interpret this as a first evidence of export spillovers acting through the fixed rather than the variable cost. Spillovers on the decision to start exporting are stronger when specific, by product and destination, and are not significant when considered on all products-all destinations. Moreover, export spillovers exhibit a spatial decay within France: the effect of other exporting firms on the export decision is stronger within employment areas and declines with distance.

Keywords: FIRM LEVEL EXPORT DATA; PRODUCT AND DESTINATION SPECIFIC SPILLOVERS; AGGLOMERATION (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 L25 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-09
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Working Paper: Local Export spillovers in France (2010)
Working Paper: Local Export spillovers in France (2010)
Working Paper: Local export spillovers in France (2009)
Working Paper: Local export spillovers in France (2009)
Working Paper: Local export spillovers in France (2009)
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