Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/290021 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-1375
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
In this paper, we characterize the geography of Colombian exporting clusters and analyze how the COVID-19 crisis has affected Colombian exporters. We contribute to the industrial clusters literature by defining exporting clusters with bipartite network analysis and community detection tools. The methodology allows us to empirically detect product clusters, which are compared with an alternative definition of industrial clusters, and to consider the centrality of firms within clusters. Then, we analyze the firms' trade margins during the COVID-19 crisis to evaluate whether belonging to an exporting cluster can be a source of resilience for firms. We find that clusters do not automatically lead to higher resilience and that there are differences in how firms react to a crisis within clusters. Identifying the relevant firms' characteristics can guide policymakers to activate the mechanisms that generate resilience.
Subjects: 
exporting clusters
margins of trade
resilience
COVID-19
bipartite networks,community detection
JEL: 
F14
R12
L19
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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