Learning to export with neighbors: The effect of information overflow between South American countries

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https://doi.org/10.52292/j.estudecon.2022.2331

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Learning from neighbors, exports, Survival, Probability, Foreign market

Abstract

This paper aimed to study how the learning of neighboring countries about ex-ports affects the decision to enter new exporters in the foreign market. The main contribution is to analyze learning about the export of different products to dif-ferent countries, considering all export destinations of selected countries in South America, in the period 2000 to 2018. A Linear Probability Model and a set of fixed effects were used in order to control for unobserved determinants of export dynamics. We find that the probability of both entry and survival to a new market increase with the presence of neighboring countries that serve that same market.

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2022-06-25 — Updated on 2022-06-27

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Cechin, A. ., Charris, C. A., & Aparecida Silva, F. . (2022). Learning to export with neighbors: The effect of information overflow between South American countries. Estudios económicos, 39(79), 71–102. https://doi.org/10.52292/j.estudecon.2022.2331 (Original work published June 25, 2022)

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