scholarly journals The Origins and Dynamics of Export Superstars

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-47
Author(s):  
Caroline Freund ◽  
Martha Denisse Pierola
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Large Firm ◽  
Export Growth ◽  
Export Diversification ◽  
Detailed Data ◽  
New Firms ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data ◽  
Manufacturing Trade

Abstract Export superstars are important for export growth and diversification and are typically born large. Firm-level data on manufacturing trade from 32 developing countries show that the top five exporters account for on average nearly one-third of exports, 47 percent of export growth, and a third of the growth due to export diversification over a five-year period. Within countries and industries, export growth is positively correlated with the share of exports in the top five firms. Most of the top five exporters were already large five (or eight) years ago or are new firms; it is rare for these export superstars to emerge from the bottom half of the distribution of firm sizes. For countries where detailed data exist, superstars are producers, not traders, and are primarily foreign owned.

Exporting and environmental performance: where you export matters

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan S. Blyde ◽  
Mayra A. Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
High Income ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Percentage Point Increase ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Point Increase ◽  
Firm Level Data ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
The Relationship

Empirical analyses that rely on micro-level panel data have found that exporters are generally less pollutant than non-exporters. While alternative explanations have been proposed, firm level data has not been used to examine the role of destination markets behind the relationship between exports and pollution. In this paper we argue that because consumers in high-income countries have higher valuations for clean environments than consumers in developing countries, exporters targeting high-income countries are more likely to improve their environmental outcomes than exporters targeting destinations where valuations for the environment are not high. Using a panel of firm-level data from Chile we find support to this hypothesis. A 10 percentage point increase in the share of exports to high-income countries is associated with a reduction in CO2 pollution intensity of about 16%. The results have important implications for firms in developing countries aiming to target high-income markets.

scholarly journals Credit scarcity in developing countries: An empirical investigation using Brazilian firm-level data

EconomiA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antônio Marcos Hoelz Pinto Ambrozio ◽  
Filipe Lage de Sousa ◽  
João Paulo Martin Faleiros ◽  
André Albuquerque Sant’Anna
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data

scholarly journals Interconnecting exporter types with export growth and decline patterns

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiia Vissak ◽  
Oliver Lukason ◽  
Maria-Jesus Segovia-Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Export Growth ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data ◽  
Growth Decline ◽  
Export Shares

Purpose This paper aims to find out if different exporter types dominate among matched mature Spanish and Estonian firms and whether these types are associated with specific export growth/decline patterns. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on firm-level data from the Estonian Business Register’s database of annual financial reports and SEPI Foundation’s survey on Spanish firms’ business strategies. From both countries, 242 firms were included and the period 2009-2013 was chosen. Findings Committed exporters (with 75 per cent or higher export shares) dominated in Estonia and experimental exporters (with export shares mostly below 10 per cent) in Spain. While in Estonia, the most frequent export growth/decline pattern encompassed four consecutive growth years, in Spain, it had two consecutive growth years and then two decline years. Spanish firms’ export growth/decline patterns were more random: 12 patterns of 16 fell within the range of a random walk assumption, while in Estonia, only 5 patterns were within the range. Contingency existed between exporter types and export growth/decline patterns only for the whole sample. Originality/value This paper studies if committed/aggressive/active exporters experience more export fluctuations than passive/experimental exporters, and how random export growth/decline patterns are.

scholarly journals Credit Scarcity in Developing Countries: An Empirical Investigation Using Brazilian Firm-Level Data

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre A. Sant Anna ◽  
Antonio Ambrozio ◽  
Felipe Lage De Sousa ◽  
Joao Paulo Faleiros
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data
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