Spillovers, foreign investment, and export behavior

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Aitken, B; Hanson, GH; Harrison, AE
• 署名单位: University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; International Monetary Fund; Columbia University; National Bureau of Economic Research
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(96)01464-X
• 发表日期: 1997
• 页码: 103-132
• 关键词: Multinational enterprises; geographic concentration of industry; export production

摘要

Case studies of export behavior suggest that firms that penetrate foreign markets reduce entry costs for other potential exporters, either through learning effects or establishing commercial linkages. We examine whether spillovers associated with one firm's export activity reduce the cost of exporting for other firms. We identify two sources of spillovers: export production in general and the specific activities of multinationals. From a simple model of export behavior we derive a probit specification for the probability that a firm exports. Using panel data on Mexican manufacturing plants, we find evidence of spillovers from multinational enterprises but not from general export activity.