Domestic transport infrastructure and firms’ export market participation
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Title: | Domestic transport infrastructure and firms’ export market participation |
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Authors: | Albarrán, Pedro | Carrasco, Raquel | Holl, Adelheid |
Research Group/s: | Economía Laboral y Econometría (ELYE) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico |
Keywords: | Export decisions | Road transport infrastructure | Accessibility | Dynamic panel data | Geographic information systems |
Knowledge Area: | Fundamentos del Análisis Económico |
Issue Date: | May-2013 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Citation: | Small Business Economics. 2013, 40(4): 879-898. doi:10.1007/s11187-011-9393-9 |
Abstract: | Investment in transport infrastructure reduces the cost of distance and enables firms to establish contacts over larger distances. Using data from a panel of Spanish manufacturing firms and geographic information system techniques, this article studies the impact of domestic transport cost reductions on firms’ export market participation, taking into account the role of entry costs and other firm characteristics. We estimate dynamic probability models, controlling for the unobserved heterogeneity of firms and for the simultaneity of firms’ export and location decisions. Our results demonstrate a positive effect of domestic transport infrastructure improvements on small and medium-sized firms’ probability of exporting. |
Sponsor: | Research funding from the Fundación Ramón Areces and DGI, Spanish Ministry of Education, grant no. SEJ2006-05710/ECON, ECO2009-11165, SEJ2007-63098 and SEJ2006-08063 is gratefully acknowledged. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/61749 |
ISSN: | 0921-898X (Print) | 1573-0913 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11187-011-9393-9 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2011. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11187-011-9393-9 |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11187-011-9393-9 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - ELYE - Artículos de Revistas |
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