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| September 2009 |
| Local Export Spillovers in France |
Pamina Koenig
Florian Mayneris
Sandra Poncet |
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| This paper investigates the presence of local export spillovers on both the extensive (the decision to
start exporting) and the intensive (the export volume) margins of trade, using data on French individual
export flows, at the product-level and by destination country, between 1998 and 2003. We investigate
whether the individual decision to start exporting and exported volume are influenced by the presence of
nearby product and/or destination specific exporters, using a gravity-type equation estimated at the firmlevel.
Spillovers are considered at a fine geographical level corresponding to employment areas (348 in
France). We control for the new economic geography-type selection of firms into agglomerated areas,
and for the local price effects of firms agglomeration. Results show evidence of the presence of export
spillovers on the export decision but not on the exported volume. We interpret this as a first evidence
of export spillovers acting through the fixed rather than the variable cost. Spillovers on the decision
to start exporting are stronger when specific, by product and destination, and are not significant when
considered on all products-all destinations. Moreover, export spillovers exhibit a spatial decay within
France: the effect of other exporting firms on the export decision is stronger within employment areas
and declines with distance. |
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| Firm-level export data; product and destination specific spillovers; agglomeration |
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| F1; R12; L25 |
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