Exports and Information Spillovers

Nicita, Alessandro ; Olarreaga, Marcelo

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: BASE YEAR;    BILATERAL TRADE;    BUSINESS PARTNERS;    COMMUNICATION COSTS;    COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-2474
RP-ID  :  WPS2474

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Exporters' performance in aparticular market may affect their future exports to therest of the world. Importers may base their futuretransaction decision on the information revealed byexporters' past performance in other countries.Similarly, exporters acquire valuable information on foreignconsumer tastes, product standards, or customsadministration that may profitably be used in futuretransactions with other countries. the authors estimate theeffects of these information spillovers across markets onthe export patterns of four developing countries (Egypt, theRepublic of Korea, Malaysia, and Tunisia). A dollar increasein exports to the United States generates on average anextra 2 to 14 cents of exports to the rest of the world inthe next period. Social and ethnic networks seem toreinforce these information spillovers, especially indeveloping countries, where they appear to be geographicallymore concentrated. The exception is China and to some extentHong Kong, probably reflecting a geographically morediversified migration pattern. The exchange of informationamong current and potentialexport markets can significantlyaffect a developing country's export performance.Bilateral information spillovers across markets arenegligible or nonexistantfor exports from the United States,where there is less need to create a reputation ininternational markets. Similarly, Egypt's good exportperformancewould be more easily noticed in Argentina orIndia (where the market is small) than would increasedexports to France or the United States.