Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 1399:
What makes a successful export?
Holger Görg, Richard Kneller and Balázs Muraközy
Abstract: We analyse a very rich and unique panel database which
provides information on exports at the firm-product level. A stylised fact
in the data is that many firms add as well as drop products from the export
mix in any given year. Motivated by recent theory we investigate what
determines the survival of products in the export mix. Estimating hazard
models we find evidence that is consistent with the view that
characteristics of the product as well as that of the firm matter. This
suggests, in line with theory, that there are firm- as well as firm-product
specific competencies that are important for shaping firms’ export mix.
Keywords: export mix, product level, product survival, competencies; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: F12,; F14; (follow links to similar papers)
35 pages, February 2008
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