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The DNA of New Exporters: Spin-Offs and FDI at the Extensive Margin of Trade

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    Sebastián Claro; 

    Bernardo Blum; Ignatius Horstmann; Trevor Tombe

  • class American Economic Review: Insights, September 2020. Vol. 2 No. 3. Pages 397-408

Abstract: Other than that new exporters account for a large part of aggregate export growth, we know little else. We document that aggregate export growth in Chile is driven by only a few new exporters. These exporters are new business entities, operate new plants, and behave much like experienced exporters: they start large and have high survival rates. Moreover, 70% of these new firms are owned by existing businesses and are likely the by-product of either domestic spin-offs or foreign direct investment (24%). By focusing on the average new exporter the existing models of new exporter dynamics miss these key features of export growth.