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Causes and consequences of exports' channel integration

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  • Fernando Merino

    (Universidad de Alcalá & PIE-FEP, Fundación Empresa Pública, C/ Quintana, 2 3, 28008 Madrid, Spain Universidad de Zaragoza, 50005 Zaragoza, Spain)

  • Vicente Salas

    (Universidad de Alcalá & PIE-FEP, Fundación Empresa Pública, C/ Quintana, 2 3, 28008 Madrid, Spain Universidad de Zaragoza, 50005 Zaragoza, Spain)

Abstract

This paper investigates the decision to export with a proprietary exports channel by Spanish manufacturing firms. The research focuses on the effects of organizational capabilities versus scale economies on the vertical integration decision, and postulates a system of two simultaneous equations to properly evaluate the influence of a proprietary exports channel on the volume of exports. The results show that scale economies are more relevant than organizational capabilities in the decision to vertically integrate, and that, when properly evaluated, the exports mode does not influence the level of exports.

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  • Fernando Merino & Vicente Salas, 2002. "Causes and consequences of exports' channel integration," Spanish Economic Review, Springer;Spanish Economic Association, vol. 4(4), pages 239-259.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:specre:v:4:y:2002:i:4:p:239-259
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    Cited by:

    1. José Vicente Blanes Cristóbal & Juliette Milgram Baleix, 2009. "Costes irrecuperables de exportación, productividad y elección de mercado de exportación de las empresas españolas," FEG Working Paper Series 09/04, Faculty of Economics and Business (University of Granada).
    2. Marion Dovis & Juliette Milgram‐Baleix, 2009. "Trade, Tariffs and Total Factor Productivity: The Case of Spanish Firms," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(4), pages 575-605, April.
    3. Li, Min & He, Xinming & Sousa, Carlos M.P., 2017. "A review of the empirical research on export channel selection between 1979 and 2015," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 26(2), pages 303-323.
    4. Ra�l Serrano & Isabel Acero-Fraile & Natalia Dejo-Oricain, 2017. "Collaborative networks and export intensity in family firms: a quantile regression approach," Documentos de Trabajo dt2017-04, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Zaragoza.

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    Keywords

    Export channel; exports; internalisation; scale economies;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business

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