Export agglomeration economies in Sub-Saharan Africa manufacturing and service sectors

Abegaz, Melaku; Nene, Gibson

doi:10.1016/j.qref.2022.01.005

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“…At the same time, as the degree of industrial agglomeration in China is also increasing, with an increasing number of industries with a high degree of agglomeration and a decreasing number of industries with a low degree of agglomeration, and as trade facilitation itself has the characteristic attributes of transaction costs and institutional arrangements, the degree of industrial agglomeration will also affect the extent to which trade facilitation can contribute to the growth of regional enterprises. Trade facilitation reforms can improve the export performance of developing country industrial clusters [22][23][24][25][26]. However, the excessive agglomeration of homogenous exporters leads to an imagined "de-localisation effect" of exporting firms, and the implementation of industrial policies is likely to exacerbate the disincentive effect of agglomeration on trade modal upgrading.…”

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How Does Industrial Agglomeration Affect Exports? Evidence from Chinese Province-Industry Panel Data

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Industrial agglomeration is currently an important mode of industrial organisation in China’s regional economic development. Many provinces rely on their favourable resource and location advantages to formulate corresponding industrial agglomeration policies. Industrial agglomeration policies produce agglomeration effects, which enable enterprises in the agglomeration area to gain external advantages such as labour, resources and technology, effectively improving productivity and promoting sustainable local economic development. Based on the inter-provincial industry panel data from 2008 to 2017, the static benchmark regression model and dynamic GMM model are constructed to study the relationship between industrial agglomeration, labour productivity and exports, and to explore their interaction mechanism and practical effects. The study shows that, firstly, industrial agglomeration in China significantly contributes to industrial exports. However, in the long run, industrial agglomeration has a positive and then negative effect on industrial exports, with an inverted U-shaped curve. Secondly, the relationship between industrial agglomeration and industrial exports is negatively influenced by labour productivity. Finally, based on the perspective of regional heterogeneity, the impact of industrial agglomeration on exports is not significant in industrial base regions, but shows a significant promotion relationship in non-industrial base regions. Moreover, the impact of industrial agglomeration on industrial exports is not significantly different between coastal port regions and non-coastal port regions. Based on the research results, this paper puts forward targeted policy recommendations such as changing the competition model, increasing the introduction of talent and adjusting the industrial structure.

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How Does Industrial Agglomeration Affect Exports? Evidence from Chinese Province-Industry Panel Data

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“…Earlier studies have examined internal and external determinants of exports, with some focusing on the nexus between export propensity and productivity (Cassiman et al , 2010; Aitken et al , 1997; Chen et al , 2020), ownership-FDI (Harding and Javorcik, 2012), geographic location (spatial) effects (Rodríguez-Pose et al , 2013) and agglomeration effects (Abegaz and Nene, 2022). However, three aspects are under-researched in the existing literature.…”

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Spillover effects of foreign direct investment on manufacturing exports and imports in Indonesia

Yasin

Esquivias

2023

SEF

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Purpose This study aims to identify extensive and intensive margins in exports and imports and examine whether incoming foreign direct investments (FDI) benefit local firms in Indonesia through the export and import channels. Design/methodology/approach Using Heckman’s two-step selection model to consider the potential of bias of self-selection in export–import participation, this study uses the firm-level data from 2008 to 2015 collected from Statistik Industri and proximate both export and import spillovers. Findings The authors found that internal factors are critical for a firm to be an exporter, signaling self-selection in exports and imports. Spillover effects from FDI (spatial properties) support export but lower import propensity and intensity. Research limitations/implications This study implies that improving human capital (absorptive capacity) is needed to accelerate export intensity and policies supporting FDI inflows in complementary sectors (noncompeting industries) can increase export propensity and intensity and reduce imports. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature in several ways. First, the proposed export spillovers model that accounts for impacts through a demonstration channel is applied to the import channel. Moreover, this study extends the model developed by Franco and Sasidharan (2010) and Yasin et al. (2022) by incorporating spatial spillover effects at the provincial level. Subsequently, the authors test whether a firm’s technological intensity determines export–import propensity and intensity. This can indicate whether specific sectors are more likely to participate in international activities based on their use of technology.

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Uncovering and modeling the hierarchical organization of urban heavy truck flows

Yang,

Jia,

Yan

et al. 2023

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Re

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Export agglomeration economies in Sub-Saharan Africa manufacturing and service sectors

Cited by 4 publications

References 42 publications

How Does Industrial Agglomeration Affect Exports? Evidence from Chinese Province-Industry Panel Data

How Does Industrial Agglomeration Affect Exports? Evidence from Chinese Province-Industry Panel Data

Spillover effects of foreign direct investment on manufacturing exports and imports in Indonesia

Uncovering and modeling the hierarchical organization of urban heavy truck flows

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