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Does firm size matter in exporting and using FTA schemes?

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In this paper, we empirically compare the role of firm size when exporting with that when using free trade agreement (FTA) schemes. We employ a unique survey providing detailed information on FTA use by Japanese affiliates in ASEAN, India, and Oceania. Our findings from the analysis on Japanese affiliates in ASEAN are as follows. First, firm size matters in both decisions on exporting and on using FTA schemes. In particular, firm size is more quantitatively important in decisions on FTA use than on exporting. Second, firms with experience in utilizing FTAs for exporting have an approximately 40% higher probability of using an FTA for exporting to a new country. Third, larger-sized firms use a larger number of FTA schemes.

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  • Kazunobu Hayakawa, 2015. "Does firm size matter in exporting and using FTA schemes?," The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(7), pages 883-905, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jitecd:v:24:y:2015:i:7:p:883-905
    DOI: 10.1080/09638199.2014.967282
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    1. Kazunobu Hayakawa & Nuttawut Laksanapanyakul & Taiyo Yoshimi, 2021. "Tariff scheme choice," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 157(2), pages 323-346, May.
    2. Hayakawa, Kazunobu & Kimura, Fukunari & Laksanapanyakul, Nuttawut, 2016. "Firm-level trade creation and diversion of regional trade agreements in Thailand," IDE Discussion Papers 621, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
    3. Kazunobu Hayakawa & Nuttawut Laksanapanyakul & Hiroshi Mukunoki & Shujiro Urata, 2016. "Impact of Free Trade Agreement Utilisation on Import Prices," Working Papers DP-2016-24, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
    4. Kazunobu HAYAKAWA & Nuttawut LAKSANAPANYAKUL & Shujiro URATA, 2015. "Firm-level Impact of Free Trade Agreements on Import Prices," Working Papers DP-2015-33, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
    5. Lukaszuk, Piotr & Legge, Stefan, 2019. "Which Factors Determine the Utilization of Preferential Tariff Rates?," VfS Annual Conference 2019 (Leipzig): 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall - Democracy and Market Economy 203639, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    6. Kazunobu Hayakawa, 2020. "Production Networks and Utilization of Free Trade Agreements by Japanese Subsidiaries in ASEAN," Public Policy Review, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Japan, vol. 16(1), pages 121-134, February.
    7. Cariola, Gianmarco & Lanz, Rainer, 2022. "Preference utilization in the global economy: An empirical analysis," WTO Staff Working Papers ERSD-2022-4, World Trade Organization (WTO), Economic Research and Statistics Division.
    8. Hayakawa, Kazunobu & Laksanapanyakul, Nuttawut & Matsuura, Toshiyuki, 2020. "Do regional trade agreements really help global value chains develop? evidence from Thailand," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 58(C).
    9. Henry Okwo & Charity Ezenwakwelu & Anthony Igwe & Benedict Imhanrenialena, 2019. "Firm Size and Age mediating the Firm Survival-Hedging Effect: Hayes’ 3-Way Parallel Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-17, February.

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