Product Relatedness and Firm Exports in China
This paper proposes the first evaluation using micro-level data of the gains from the consistency of activities with a local comparative advantage. Using firm-level data from Chinese customs over the 2000-6 period, the study investigates the relationship between the export performance of firms and how their products relate to local comparative advantage. The key indicator measures the density of the links between a product and the local product space. Hence, it combines information on the intrinsic relatedness of a good with information on the local pattern of specialization. The results indicate that exports grow faster for goods that have denser links with those currently produced in the firm's locality. The density of links between products seems to yield export-enhancing spillovers. However, this positive effect of product relatedness on export performance is mainly limited to ordinary trade activities and domestic firms. It is also stronger for more productive firms, suggesting that spillover diffusion may be hindered by insufficient absorptive capacity.
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dig-okr-10986168912024-08-08T14:16:39Z Product Relatedness and Firm Exports in China Poncet, Sandra Starosta de Waldemar, Felipe ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AGGREGATE EXPORTS APPAREL ASSEMBLY AUTONOMY BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE BORDER TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY OF FIRMS CD COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INDEX COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CONSTRUCTION DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMIES OF SCOPE ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESULTS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORT EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT DYNAMICS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT INTENSITY EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT SHARE EXPORT SHARES EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY FUEL GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH RATE HETEROSKEDASTICITY INCOME INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL TRADE KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MERCHANDISE NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT PATTERN OF SPECIALIZATION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY PERSPECTIVE POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE EFFECT POSITIVE IMPACT PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REFERENCE RELATIVE DEMAND RELATIVE SUPPLY RIGHT-HAND SIDE SALES SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SKILLED WORKERS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUBSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE DATA TRADE DEFICIT TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REGIME UPPER WORLD TRADE This paper proposes the first evaluation using micro-level data of the gains from the consistency of activities with a local comparative advantage. Using firm-level data from Chinese customs over the 2000-6 period, the study investigates the relationship between the export performance of firms and how their products relate to local comparative advantage. The key indicator measures the density of the links between a product and the local product space. Hence, it combines information on the intrinsic relatedness of a good with information on the local pattern of specialization. The results indicate that exports grow faster for goods that have denser links with those currently produced in the firm's locality. The density of links between products seems to yield export-enhancing spillovers. However, this positive effect of product relatedness on export performance is mainly limited to ordinary trade activities and domestic firms. It is also stronger for more productive firms, suggesting that spillover diffusion may be hindered by insufficient absorptive capacity. 2014-02-04T20:30:55Z 2014-02-04T20:30:55Z 2013-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18435554/product-relatedness-firm-exports-china https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16891 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6676 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC |
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ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AGGREGATE EXPORTS APPAREL ASSEMBLY AUTONOMY BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE BORDER TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY OF FIRMS CD COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INDEX COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CONSTRUCTION DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMIES OF SCOPE ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESULTS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORT EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT DYNAMICS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT INTENSITY EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT SHARE EXPORT SHARES EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY FUEL GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH RATE HETEROSKEDASTICITY INCOME INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL TRADE KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MERCHANDISE NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT PATTERN OF SPECIALIZATION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY PERSPECTIVE POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE EFFECT POSITIVE IMPACT PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REFERENCE RELATIVE DEMAND RELATIVE SUPPLY RIGHT-HAND SIDE SALES SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SKILLED WORKERS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUBSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE DATA TRADE DEFICIT TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REGIME UPPER WORLD TRADE ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AGGREGATE EXPORTS APPAREL ASSEMBLY AUTONOMY BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE BORDER TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY OF FIRMS CD COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INDEX COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CONSTRUCTION DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMIES OF SCOPE ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESULTS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORT EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT DYNAMICS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT INTENSITY EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT SHARE EXPORT SHARES EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY FUEL GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH RATE HETEROSKEDASTICITY INCOME INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL TRADE KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MERCHANDISE NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT PATTERN OF SPECIALIZATION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY PERSPECTIVE POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE EFFECT POSITIVE IMPACT PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REFERENCE RELATIVE DEMAND RELATIVE SUPPLY RIGHT-HAND SIDE SALES SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SKILLED WORKERS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUBSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE DATA TRADE DEFICIT TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REGIME UPPER WORLD TRADE |
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ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AGGREGATE EXPORTS APPAREL ASSEMBLY AUTONOMY BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE BORDER TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY OF FIRMS CD COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INDEX COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CONSTRUCTION DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMIES OF SCOPE ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESULTS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORT EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT DYNAMICS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT INTENSITY EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT SHARE EXPORT SHARES EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY FUEL GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH RATE HETEROSKEDASTICITY INCOME INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL TRADE KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MERCHANDISE NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT PATTERN OF SPECIALIZATION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY PERSPECTIVE POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE EFFECT POSITIVE IMPACT PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REFERENCE RELATIVE DEMAND RELATIVE SUPPLY RIGHT-HAND SIDE SALES SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SKILLED WORKERS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUBSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE DATA TRADE DEFICIT TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REGIME UPPER WORLD TRADE ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AGGREGATE EXPORTS APPAREL ASSEMBLY AUTONOMY BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE BORDER TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY OF FIRMS CD COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INDEX COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CONSTRUCTION DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMIES OF SCOPE ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESULTS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORT EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT DYNAMICS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT INTENSITY EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT SHARE EXPORT SHARES EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY FUEL GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH RATE HETEROSKEDASTICITY INCOME INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL TRADE KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MERCHANDISE NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT PATTERN OF SPECIALIZATION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY PERSPECTIVE POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE EFFECT POSITIVE IMPACT PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REFERENCE RELATIVE DEMAND RELATIVE SUPPLY RIGHT-HAND SIDE SALES SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SKILLED WORKERS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUBSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE DATA TRADE DEFICIT TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REGIME UPPER WORLD TRADE Poncet, Sandra Starosta de Waldemar, Felipe Product Relatedness and Firm Exports in China |
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This paper proposes the first evaluation
using micro-level data of the gains from the consistency of
activities with a local comparative advantage. Using
firm-level data from Chinese customs over the 2000-6 period,
the study investigates the relationship between the export
performance of firms and how their products relate to local
comparative advantage. The key indicator measures the
density of the links between a product and the local product
space. Hence, it combines information on the intrinsic
relatedness of a good with information on the local pattern
of specialization. The results indicate that exports grow
faster for goods that have denser links with those currently
produced in the firm's locality. The density of links
between products seems to yield export-enhancing spillovers.
However, this positive effect of product relatedness on
export performance is mainly limited to ordinary trade
activities and domestic firms. It is also stronger for more
productive firms, suggesting that spillover diffusion may be
hindered by insufficient absorptive capacity. |
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ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AGGREGATE EXPORTS APPAREL ASSEMBLY AUTONOMY BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE BORDER TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY OF FIRMS CD COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INDEX COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CONSTRUCTION DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMIES OF SCOPE ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESULTS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORT EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT DYNAMICS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT INTENSITY EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT SHARE EXPORT SHARES EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY FUEL GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH RATE HETEROSKEDASTICITY INCOME INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL TRADE KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MERCHANDISE NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT PATTERN OF SPECIALIZATION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY PERSPECTIVE POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE EFFECT POSITIVE IMPACT PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REFERENCE RELATIVE DEMAND RELATIVE SUPPLY RIGHT-HAND SIDE SALES SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SKILLED WORKERS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUBSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE DATA TRADE DEFICIT TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE REGIME UPPER WORLD TRADE |
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Poncet, Sandra Starosta de Waldemar, Felipe |
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Poncet, Sandra Starosta de Waldemar, Felipe |
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Poncet, Sandra |
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Product Relatedness and Firm Exports in China |
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Product Relatedness and Firm Exports in China |
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Product Relatedness and Firm Exports in China |
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Product Relatedness and Firm Exports in China |
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Product Relatedness and Firm Exports in China |
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product relatedness and firm exports in china |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013-10 |
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