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Learning Trade Opportunities through Production Network

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URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10016/43951
ISSN: 2340-5031
UXXI: DT/0000002144
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2024-06-06
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Using data on the Spanish firm-level production network we show that firmslearn about international trade opportunities and related business know-how from their production network peers. Our identification strategy leverages the panel structure of the data, import origin variation, and network structure. We find evidence of both upstream and downstream network effects, even after accounting for sectoral and geographical spillovers. Larger firms are better at absorbing valuable information but worse at disseminating it. Connections with geographically distant firms provide more useful information to start importing.
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Production Network, Learning, Spillovers, Import
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DE - Working Papers. Economics. WE