Geography and Exporting Behavior: Evidence from India

Mukim, Megha

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Abstract

This paper examines locational factors that increase the odds of a firm's entry into export markets and affect the intensity of its participation. It differentiates between two different sources of spillovers: clustering of general economic activity and that of export-oriented activity. It also focuses on the effect of the business environment and that of institutions at the spatial unit of districts in India. The study disentangles the within-industry effect from the within-firm effect. A simple logit specification is used to model the probability of entry. The analysis is based on a panel of manufacturing firms in India, which allows for the introduction of firm-specific controls and a battery of fixed effects. The findings suggest that exporter-specific clustering, general economic agglomeration, and institutional factors affect firms' export behavior.

Document type: Working paper
Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
Date: 2012
Version: Secondary publication
Date Deposited: 26 Jun 2015
Number of Pages: 27
Faculties / Institutes: Miscellaneous > Individual person
DDC-classification: Economics
Controlled Keywords: Indien, Export
Uncontrolled Keywords: Indien, Geschäftsklima, Export / India, Business Climate, Export
Subject (classification): Economics
Countries/Regions: India
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