Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/121133 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
FIW Working Paper No. 133
Publisher: 
FIW - Research Centre International Economics, Vienna
Abstract: 
In this paper, we investigate the relationship between export performance and economic growth in Russian regions. We propose a methodology for decomposition of export growth into intensive and extensive margins and distinguish between product- and geographic extensive components within extensive margin. An empirical analysis suggests that higher growth rates in Russian regions are associated with higher intensive margin. We reveal significant differences in export survival of differentiated and homogeneous flows and find evidence of strong effects of distance and institutions on export survival. We argue that Russian regions would experience higher economic growth if they were able to improve their export performance at the intensive margin by providing lower transport costs to the business and by enhancing higher quality of institutions.
Subjects: 
export performance
economic growth
intensive margin
extensive margin
export survival
Russian regions
JEL: 
F14
R1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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