Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/169389 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2017-81
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes the role of vertical differentiation linked with global production networks in increasing the chance of export survival using highly disaggregated machinery exports data from Turkey for the 1998-2013 period. Results obtained from the descriptive statistics analysis suggest that the duration of Turkey's machinery exports is remarkably short with a median duration of merely one year. In addition, the likelihood of the survival of exports varies widely across total machinery, finished and parts and components as well as across trade types (horizontally and vertically differentiated products). Based on discrete-time duration models, the empirical results demonstrate that vertical differentiation together with product and market diversification are associated with a higher export survival rate, particularly for parts and components. The evidence hence supports the hypothesis that global production sharing activities greatly increase the chances of survival in export markets.
Subjects: 
export duration
survival analysis
vertical differentiation
global production networks
JEL: 
F10
F14
C41
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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