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Survival Is for the Fittest : Export Survival Patterns in Georgia
dc.contributor.author | Martuscelli, Antonio | |
dc.contributor.author | Varela, Gonzalo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-03T14:57:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-02-03T14:57:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper analyzes the determinants of export flow survival in Georgia. The paper uses a unique Georgian firm-level data set, in which firms' characteristics and output dynamics are matched with their customs' export transactions, for the period 2006-12. A discrete survival model is used to explore the role of firm level characteristics, diversification strategies, and network effects on the survival rates of export flows. Low survival rates at the product level are found to limit the ability of Georgian firms to consolidate new products in international markets. The analysis finds that it is production efficiency, rather than size, that boosts export survival chances, that firms diversification strategies matter for the prospects of survival, and that there is strong evidence of network effects in export survival. The analysis also finds that ratified foreign trade agreements contribute to increase the survival of export flows by reducing policy-induced trading costs and increasing information about destination markets. | en |
dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23775406/survival-fittest-export-survival-patterns-georgia | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21380 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | World Bank Group, Washington, DC | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7161 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | |
dc.subject | AGRICULTURE | |
dc.subject | BALANCE SHEETS | |
dc.subject | BANK POLICY | |
dc.subject | BANKING SYSTEM | |
dc.subject | BENCHMARK | |
dc.subject | BOOK VALUE | |
dc.subject | CAPITAL STOCK | |
dc.subject | CASH FLOW | |
dc.subject | COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE | |
dc.subject | COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES | |
dc.subject | COMPETITIVENESS | |
dc.subject | CONSUMER PRICE | |
dc.subject | CONSUMER PRICE INDEX | |
dc.subject | CONSUMERS | |
dc.subject | DEBT | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPING COUNTRY | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT POLICY | |
dc.subject | DIRECT INVESTMENT | |
dc.subject | DIVERSIFICATION | |
dc.subject | DOMESTIC MARKET | |
dc.subject | DUMMY VARIABLE | |
dc.subject | ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC SURVEYS | |
dc.subject | EMPLOYMENT | |
dc.subject | ENTREPRENEURS | |
dc.subject | EQUIPMENT | |
dc.subject | EXPANSION | |
dc.subject | EXPORT GROWTH | |
dc.subject | EXPORT MARKET | |
dc.subject | EXPORT MARKETS | |
dc.subject | EXPORT PERFORMANCE | |
dc.subject | EXPORTER | |
dc.subject | EXPORTERS | |
dc.subject | EXPORTS | |
dc.subject | EXTERNALITIES | |
dc.subject | FINANCIAL MARKETS | |
dc.subject | FINANCIAL SECTOR | |
dc.subject | FIRM SIZE | |
dc.subject | FIRMS | |
dc.subject | FIXED COSTS | |
dc.subject | FOREIGN CAPITAL | |
dc.subject | FOREIGN INVESTMENT | |
dc.subject | FOREIGN MARKET | |
dc.subject | FOREIGN MARKETS | |
dc.subject | FOREIGN PARTNERS | |
dc.subject | FREE TRADE | |
dc.subject | GLOBAL MARKET | |
dc.subject | GLOBAL MARKETS | |
dc.subject | GROWTH RATE | |
dc.subject | INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES | |
dc.subject | INTANGIBLE | |
dc.subject | INTANGIBLE ASSETS | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL BANK | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL MARKETS | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS | |
dc.subject | JOB CREATION | |
dc.subject | MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY | |
dc.subject | MARKET CONDITIONS | |
dc.subject | MARKET DIVERSIFICATION | |
dc.subject | MARKET ENTRY | |
dc.subject | MARKET RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | MARKETPLACE | |
dc.subject | MEDIUM ENTERPRISES | |
dc.subject | MORAL HAZARD | |
dc.subject | MULTINATIONALS | |
dc.subject | OPTIMIZATION | |
dc.subject | PORTFOLIO | |
dc.subject | POTENTIAL INVESTORS | |
dc.subject | PRODUCER PRICE | |
dc.subject | PRODUCER PRICE INDEX | |
dc.subject | PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION | |
dc.subject | PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY | |
dc.subject | PRODUCTION FUNCTION | |
dc.subject | PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS | |
dc.subject | PRODUCTIVITY | |
dc.subject | PROFIT MARGINS | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC FUNDS | |
dc.subject | REAL EXCHANGE RATE | |
dc.subject | REAL EXCHANGE RATES | |
dc.subject | REGRESSION ANALYSIS | |
dc.subject | SALES | |
dc.subject | SMALL FIRMS | |
dc.subject | SUNK COSTS | |
dc.subject | SUPPLIER | |
dc.subject | TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY | |
dc.subject | TRADE COMPETITIVENESS | |
dc.subject | TRADE POLICIES | |
dc.subject | TRADING | |
dc.subject | TRADING COSTS | |
dc.subject | TRANSACTION | |
dc.subject | TURNOVER | |
dc.subject | VALUE OF ASSETS | |
dc.title | Survival Is for the Fittest : Export Survival Patterns in Georgia | en |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.date.disclosure | 2015-01-15 | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper | |
okr.docurl | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23775406/survival-fittest-export-survival-patterns-georgia | |
okr.globalpractice | Trade and Competitiveness | |
okr.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-7161 | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 090224b082e0122c_2_0 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 23775406 | |
okr.identifier.report | WPS7161 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.pdfurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/01/12/000158349_20150112100238/Rendered/PDF/WPS7161.pdf | en |
okr.region.administrative | Europe and Central Asia | |
okr.region.country | Georgia | |
okr.topic | Finance and Financial Sector Development :: Microfinance | |
okr.topic | Small Scale Enterprise | |
okr.topic | Economic Theory and Research | |
okr.topic | Finance and Financial Sector Development :: Debt Markets | |
okr.topic | Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Markets and Market Access | |
okr.topic | Industry | |
okr.unit | Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice Group | |
relation.isSeriesOfPublication | 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87 |
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