Export growth and firm survival

Abstract

This paper uses plant-level data from Chile to show that an increase in sector-wide exports decreases the survival probability of exporters, but not that of non-exporters.We argue that this result can be explained by the fact that exporters and non-exporters use factors of production in different intensities. JEL classification numbers: F14, F16, L11, O54.Keywords: Firm survival, Chile, manufacturing sectors, firm heterogeneity in factor intensities. * We would like to thank an anonymous referee for very helpful comments.

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