Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/102249 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 4934
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Do firms in developing countries shift trade towards developed economies as a result of high economic growth? The matched customs-manufacturing firm data used in this study confront this hypothesized link with empirical evidence. Our analysis reveals a rising low-income country trade share around and after China's accession to the World Trade Organization. Based on this stylized fact, we analyze the link between firm characteristics and trade with low-income countries. We find evidence for sequential sorting into different export-modes according to firm productivity: i) only the most productive firms export to low-income countries, ii) exporting to low-income countries is mostly coupled to exporting to high-income countries, and iii) firms that switch to export to markets with higher potential are younger than firms that switch to export to both high- and low-income markets. Moreover, we find that firms tend to start exporting through specialization on high-income markets before diversifying to both type of markets.
Subjects: 
trade with low-income countries
productivity
Chinese firms
firm level data
finance constraints
sequential exporting
JEL: 
F10
F60
O10
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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