Identifying Supply-Side Constraints to Export Performance in Ecuador : An Exercise with Investment Climate Survey Data

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dc.creatorCorrea, Paulo
dc.creatorDayoub, Mariam
dc.creatorFrancisco, Manuela
dc.date2012-06-06T14:14:56Z
dc.date2012-06-06T14:14:56Z
dc.date2007-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:24:30Z
dc.descriptionThe authors apply a Heckman selection model to the 2003 Investment Climate Survey (ICS) to investigate supply-side constraints to export performance at the firm level in Ecuador. To correct for the non-random truncation problems, they use the Heckman selection model to estimate the probability of exporting (export propensity) and the share of total sales that are exported (export intensity) by Ecuadorian firms. They develop a baseline model with 12 independent variables divided into three categories-idiosyncratic characteristics, technology, and business environment. The authors develop three other models with the addition of variables related to trade integration, business environment, and infrastructure. Results corroborate with the hypothesis implicit in the Heckman model, which considers both decisions made by a firm-whether to export, and how much of its sales to export-to be interdependent. In the Ecuadorian case, they find three important results for the firm's export performance: technology matters; infrastructure does not; and trade orientation is significant, with specialized firms tending to have smaller export intensity when their main trade partners are countries of the Andean Community, and the opposite happening if the United States is their main trade partner. The authors find a robust and stable relationship for export propensity and intensity with size, import of inputs, labor regulations, in-house research and development, quality certification, web-use, and foreign ownership. Also, capacity utilization and trade with the United States positively affect export intensity, while trade within the Andean Community has the opposite effect in the outcome variable. But they find no significant relationship for the infrastructure variables.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7479758/identifying-supply-side-constraints-export-performance-ecuador-exercise-investment-climate-survey-data
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/7219
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-4179
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417815
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4179
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
dc.subjectAPPAREL
dc.subjectBARRIERS TO ENTRY
dc.subjectBIDDING
dc.subjectBILATERAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subjectBUSINESS CYCLE
dc.subjectBUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectCAPITAL INVESTMENT
dc.subjectCAPITAL STOCK
dc.subjectCOMPANY
dc.subjectCOMPETITORS
dc.subjectCORPORATION
dc.subjectCREDIT LINES
dc.subjectCUSTOMS CLEARANCE
dc.subjectDOMESTIC COMPETITION
dc.subjectDOMESTIC MARKET
dc.subjectDOMESTIC MARKETS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectENTREPRENEURS
dc.subjectEXPANSION
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectEXPORT INTENSITY
dc.subjectEXPORT PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectEXPORTERS
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL MARKETS
dc.subjectFIRM SIZE
dc.subjectFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subjectFOREIGN MARKET
dc.subjectFOREIGN MARKETS
dc.subjectFOREIGN OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectFREE TRADE
dc.subjectHOME MARKET
dc.subjectIMPORT TARIFF
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL SECTOR
dc.subjectINTERMEDIATE GOODS
dc.subjectINTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLISTED COMPANIES
dc.subjectMARKET CONCENTRATION
dc.subjectMARKET CONDITIONS
dc.subjectMARKET FAILURES
dc.subjectMARKET IMPERFECTIONS
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMEDIUM ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectMONOPOLIES
dc.subjectMULTINATIONAL FIRMS
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectPRIVATE COMPANY
dc.subjectPRODUCT MARKETS
dc.subjectSMALL FIRMS
dc.subjectSOUTH AMERICAN
dc.subjectSUBSTITUTION
dc.subjectSUPPLIER
dc.subjectSUPPLIERS
dc.subjectTOTAL SALES
dc.subjectTRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subjectTRADE INTEGRATION
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectTRADE PARTNER
dc.subjectTRADE PARTNERS
dc.subjectWELFARE GAINS
dc.titleIdentifying Supply-Side Constraints to Export Performance in Ecuador : An Exercise with Investment Climate Survey Data

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