Success and failure of African exporters

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_7A77424DDE03
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Success and failure of African exporters
Périodique
Journal of Development Economics
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Cadot  O., Iacovone  L., Pierola  M. D., Rauch  F.
ISSN
0304-3878
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
03/2013
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
101
Pages
284-296
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Using a new dataset with transaction-level export data from four African countries (Malawi, Mali, Senegal and Tanzania), this paper explores the determinants of success upon entry into export markets, defined as survival beyond the first year at the firm-product-destination level. We find that the probability of success rises with the number of same-country firms exporting the same product to the same destination, suggesting the existence of cross-firm externalities. We explore several conjectures on the determinants of these externalities and provide evidence suggestive of information spillovers, possibly mediated through the banking system.
Mots-clé
Africa, Export survival, Spillovers, Firms, Information
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