Explaining Russian manufacturing exports: Firm characteristics and external conditions

This paper examines the exporting behaviour of Russian manufacturers by considering the effects of firm characteristics and external conditions. Two measures of export behaviour are considered: the decision to export and the share of exports to developed markets. I find that specific exporting experience is the main determinant of both export status and destination. Contrary to studies for other countries, firm features, with the exception of firm size, are irrelevant for export status, while labour productivity is important in determining the intensity of exports to developed markets. There i... Mehr ...

Verfasser: De Rosa, Donato
Dokumenttyp: preprint
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
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Schlagwörter: export decision / export destination / institutions / regulatory capture / spillovers / agglomeration / Dutch disease / Russia / JEL: D - Microeconomics/D.D2 - Production and Organizations/D.D2.D21 - Firm Behavior: Theory / JEL: F - International Economics/F.F1 - Trade/F.F1.F14 - Empirical Studies of Trade / JEL: L - Industrial Organization/L.L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing/L.L6.L60 - General / JEL: O - Economic Development / Innovation / Technological Change / and Growth/O.O5 - Economywide Country Studies/O.O5.O50 - General / JEL: P - Economic Systems/P.P2 - Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies/P.P2.P23 - Factor and Product Markets • Industry Studies • Population / JEL: P - Economic Systems/P.P2 - Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies/P.P2.P28 - Natural Resources • Energy • Environment / JEL: P - Economic Systems/P.P3 - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions/P.P3.P31 - Socialist Enterprises and Their Transitions / JEL: P - Economic Systems/P.P3 - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions/P.P3.P33 - International Trade / Finance / Investment / Relations / and Aid / JEL: P - Economic Systems/P.P3 - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions/P.P3.P37 - Legal Institutions • Illegal Behavior / JEL: R - Urban / Rural / Regional / Real Estate / and Transportation Economics/R.R1 - General Regional Economics/R.R1.R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity / [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance
Sprache: Englisch
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This paper examines the exporting behaviour of Russian manufacturers by considering the effects of firm characteristics and external conditions. Two measures of export behaviour are considered: the decision to export and the share of exports to developed markets. I find that specific exporting experience is the main determinant of both export status and destination. Contrary to studies for other countries, firm features, with the exception of firm size, are irrelevant for export status, while labour productivity is important in determining the intensity of exports to developed markets. There is also evidence that spillover effects from agglomeration have an effect on exporting. At the same time, a lower degree of regulatory capture and a less corrupt judiciary matter for orientation towards more developed markets, while regional resource dependence does not hinder manufacturing exporting. ; L'article analyse les déterminants des exportations des firmes manufacturières russes, en distinguant les effets des caractéristiques des entreprises et des conditions extérieures. Deux mesures sont considérées: la décision d'exporter et la part d'exportations vers les marchés développés. L'expérience spécifique d'exportation se révèle être le déterminant principal à la fois du fait d'exporter et de la destination des exportations. Contrairement aux études portant sur d'autres pays, on ne trouve pas de relation entre les caractéristiques des entreprises, à l'exception de leur taille, et le fait qu'elles soient exportatrices. En revanche, la productivité du travail est un dééterminant important de l'intensité des exportations vers les pays développés. On observe également un effet d'agglomération sur les exportations. Enfin, un plus faible degré de capture de la réglementation et un système judiciaire moins corrompu favorisent l'orientation vers les marchés les plus développés. La dépendance régionale par rapport aux ressources naturelles n'entrave pas les exportations manufacturières.