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1. 1. Export spillovers with Chinese characteristics

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Philipp Ludwig; [2018]
   Keywords : export spillovers; agglomeration effects; China; international trade; transition economies; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the impact of information spillovers on the export entry decision of Chinese manufacturers between 2000 and 2006 by using a combination of firm and transaction level data that allows to track the occurrence of individual export starts and captures the extent of local export agglomeration at a detailed geographical level. We examine if the presence of neighboring exporters involved in similar or different product and destination markets gives rise to knowledge transfers that facilitate a firm’s export entry and carefully consider how differences across starters, neighbors, geographical proximity, trade regimes and private networks influence the transmission of information between firms. READ MORE

3. 2. The role of experience and spillover effects in Dutch exports

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Ruben Van Den Hengel; [2016]
   Keywords : experience effects; spillover effects; extended gravity;

   Abstract : By studying the export behavior of Dutch firms over the period 2009-2014 we find evidence of experience effects at the extensive margin and intensive margin of exporting when modelled in terms of export value as well as the number of countries exported to in the previous period. Spillover effects are aggregated at sector and province-level and captured in terms of other firms' export value and the number of other firms exporting to the respective geographical zone in the previous period. READ MORE

4. 3. Does Trade Matter for Economic Growth? Empirical Evidence from the Scandinavian Countries

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Desislava Borisova; [2013]
   Keywords : economic growth; exports; Imports; VAR model; Granger causality; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The debate about the link between economic growth and foreign trade is still open amongst scholars. There exist four main hypotheses regarding the relation between imports, exports and economic growth. The first one states that growth can come only through increasing the volume of exports of the country, i.e. READ MORE

5. 4. Export sunk costs: can spillovers open the bottleneck? ‐ determinants of Chilean wine exports

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Victor Savo; Marcus Wik; [2011]
   Keywords : Heterogeneous goods; Sunk costs; Spillovers; Chile; Wine.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis follows previous research on sunk cost associated with exports of heterogeneous goods. The impact of sunk cost is evaluated at the industry level, using the Chilean wine industry as a case study. READ MORE

6. 5. Spillovers within Export Processing Zones, A field study on domestic export companies in Kenya

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Nathalie Blad; Sandra Lannergren; [2010]
   Keywords : Foreign Direct Investment; Spillover; Export Processing Zones; Kenya; Transnational Companies; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This field study is made to analyse possible spillover effects on domestic export companies within the Export Processing Zones in Kenya. More specifically this paper aims to investigate if, how much and through which ways potential spillover effect impinge upon the companies in question. READ MORE