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Exporters Dynamics and the Role of Imports in Argentina / Matias Arnoletto.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Arnoletto, Matias.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Allocative Efficiency.
- Export Concentration.
- Export Performance.
- Exporter Dynamics.
- Exporter Growth.
- Firm Entry.
- Firm-Level Data.
- Global Market.
- Import Substitution.
- Imports.
- Industrial Policy.
- International Economics and Trade.
- Private Sector Development.
- Value Chain.
- Local Subjects:
- Allocative Efficiency.
- Export Concentration.
- Export Performance.
- Exporter Dynamics.
- Exporter Growth.
- Firm Entry.
- Firm-Level Data.
- Global Market.
- Import Substitution.
- Imports.
- Industrial Policy.
- International Economics and Trade.
- Private Sector Development.
- Value Chain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (25 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2020.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper examines the performance of globally engaged firms in Argentina in the past decade. Using highly disaggregated firm-level customs transaction data for imports and exports, the paper documents the progressive retreat of Argentine firms from global markets. Between 2007 and 2017, the number of exporters decreased by 30 percent. Benchmarking the characteristics of these exporters with similar countries reveals that Argentine exporters are disproportionally fewer and individually larger, with export value extremely concentrated in a few firms. Firm churning rates are disproportionately low and survival rates of entrants are high. These findings reflect exceptionally high entry costs of export, which are the result of anti-export bias and import substitution policies that sought unsuccessfully to develop the local industry. The paper shows that exporters that import directly intermediate and capital goods have better export outcomes than other exporters.
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