Title
Firm Export Dynamics in Interdependent Markets
Author(s)
Alonso Alfaro-Ureña Alonso Alfaro-Ureña (Banco Central de Costa Rica and Universidad de Costa Rica)
Juanma Castro-Vincenzi Juanma Castro-Vincenzi (Harvard University)
Sebastián Fanelli Sebastián Fanelli (CEMFI)
Eduardo Morales Eduardo Morales (Princeton University)
Abstract
We estimate a model of firm export dynamics featuring cross-country complementarities. The firm decides where to export by solving a dynamic combinatorial discrete choice problem, for which we develop a solution algorithm that overcomes the computational challenges inherent to the large dimensionality of its state space and choice set. According to our estimated model, firms enjoy cost reductions when exporting to countries geographically or linguistically close to each other, or that share deep trade agreements; and countries, especially small ones, sharing these traits with attractive destinations receive significantly more exports than in the absence of complementarities.
Creation Date
2023-08
Section URL ID
Paper Number
2023-18
URL
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LTti9pvcQoyg_2oRs_sLXMlX4-D7kAWK/view
File Function
Jel
F12, F13, F14.
Keyword(s)
export dynamics, integer programming problem, deep free trade agreements
Suppress
false
Series
13