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The DNA of New Exporters: Spin-offs and FDI at the Extensive Margin of Trade

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  • Bernardo S. Blum
  • Sebastian Claro
  • Ignatius Horstmann
  • Trevor Tombe

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Other than that new exporters account for a large part of aggregate export growth, we know little else. We document that aggregate export growth in Chile is driven by only a few new exporters. These exporters are new business entities, operate new plants, and behave much like experienced exporters: they start large and have high survival rates. Moreover, 70 percent of these new firms are owned by existing businesses and are likely the by-product of either domestic spin-offs or foreign direct investment (24 percent). By focusing on the average new exporter, the existing models of new exporter dynamics miss these key features of export growth.

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  • Bernardo S. Blum & Sebastian Claro & Ignatius Horstmann & Trevor Tombe, 2020. "The DNA of New Exporters: Spin-offs and FDI at the Extensive Margin of Trade," American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association, vol. 2(3), pages 397-408, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:aerins:v:2:y:2020:i:3:p:397-408
    DOI: 10.1257/aeri.20190379
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    1. Albornoz, Facundo & Calvo Pardo, Héctor F. & Corcos, Gregory & Ornelas, Emanuel, 2023. "Sequentially exporting products across countries," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).
    2. Ruochen Dai & Dilip Mookherjee & Kaivan Munshi & Xiaobo Zhang, 2024. "Community Networks, Entrepreneurship and the Process of Economic Development," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 2406, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
    3. Albornoz, Facundo & Calvo-Pardo, Héctor & Corcos, Gregory & Ornelas, Emanuel, 2021. "Sequential exporting across countries and products," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 114383, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    4. Vanessa Hellwig, 2023. "Digital gravity? Firm birth and relocation patterns of young digital firms in Germany," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(2), pages 340-378, March.

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    JEL classification:

    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
    • L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations

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