全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP9758 Are the Benefits of Export Support Durable? Evidence from Tunisia

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP9758
	DP9758 Are the Benefits of Export Support Durable? Evidence from Tunisia
	Aaditya Mattoo; Olivier Cadot; Ana Fernandes; Julien Gourdon
发表日期	2013-11-24
出版年	2013
语种	英语
摘要	This paper evaluates the effects of the FAMEX export promotion program in Tunisia on the performance of beneficiary firms. While most studies assess only the short-term impact of such programs, we consider also the longer-term impact. Estimates suggest that beneficiaries initially saw both faster export growth and greater diversification across destinations and products. However, three years after the intervention, beneficiaries? growth rates and export levels were not significantly different from those of a control group even though they remained more diversified. We confirm that this divergence between export growth and diversification is not due to small export transactions to new markets creating an illusion of diversification; to greater exposure of beneficiary firms to crisis-affected economies leading to stunted export growth; or to spillover benefits for non-beneficiary firms resulting in their catching-up in export sales. We find some evidence that the divergence may be related to constraints within the firm, such as limited experience and in-house export capacity; to external constraints, such as access to finance; and to the design and implementation of the FAMEX program which placed greater emphasis on diversification than on export growth.
主题	International Trade and Regional Economics
关键词	Export promotion Firms Export margins Tunisia Impact evaluation Propensity-score matching Matching grant
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp9758
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/538594
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Aaditya Mattoo,Olivier Cadot,Ana Fernandes,et al. DP9758 Are the Benefits of Export Support Durable? Evidence from Tunisia. 2013.