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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961117103321

Autore

Moreno Badia Marialuz

Titolo

Globalization Drives Strategic Product Switching / / Marialuz Moreno Badia, Veerle Slootmaekers, Ilke Van Beveren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

9786612841972

9781462370924

1462370926

9781451871043

145187104X

9781452796499

1452796491

9781282841970

1282841971

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (68 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/246

Altri autori (Persone)

BeverenIlke Van

SlootmaekersVeerle

Disciplina

337

Soggetti

Globalization - Economic aspects - Estonia - Econometric models

Product management - Estonia - Econometric models

Costs, Industrial - Estonia - Econometric models

Commodity exchanges

Commodity markets

Competition

Economic sectors

Exports and Imports

Exports

Finance

Finance: General

Financial markets

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Imports

Industries: Manufacturing

Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General

International economics

International trade

Manufacturing industries

Manufacturing



Trade: General

Estonia, Republic of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Industry Dynamics in Estonia; 1. Exits and Industry Switches, 1997-2004; 2. Sector Distribution; 3. Four-Digit Product Switches Decomposed25; 4. Destination of Product Switches by Technology Class; III. Determinants of Firm Dynamics; 5. Summary Statistics; A. Firm Characteristics; B. Product Market Characteristics: Domestic Market; C. Product Market Characteristics: International Competition; IV. Results; A. Baseline Results; 6. Baseline Specification; B. Self-Selection into New Markets

7. Product Switching Versus Industry Switching8. Industry Switching: Manufacturing versus Services; 9. Unit Value Difference Between Industry of Origin and Destination; V. Robustness Checks; A. Results by Size Class; 1. Sample Size Distribution; 10. Determinants of Firm Dynamics Across Size Categories; B. Results by Time Period; 11. Determinants of Firm Dynamics Across Time; VI. Conclusions; Appendix I. Data and Sample Selection; Appendix II. Definitions of Variables; Appendix III. Sector Classification According to Technology Intensity and Knowledge; References; Footnotes

Sommario/riassunto

Using firm-level data for Estonia for the years 1997-2005, we analyze the impact of international competition on firm dynamics, considering both firm closedown and product switching. We contribute to the literature in two important ways: (1) this is the first paper to study the determinants of exit and product switching in an emerging market; and (2) we consider explicitly the role of export opportunities. Our results indicate that globalization does not affect firm exit significantly but it is an important factor explaining product switching. Previous studies on industrial countries have shown that product switching has been a defensive strategy against low-cost imports. In contrast, our results suggest that Estonian firms have switched products as an offensive strategy to take advantage of the export opportunities created by trade liberalization.