RT Generic
T1 Learning Trade Opportunities through Production Network
A1 Huremovic, Kenan
A1 Nurarelli, Federico
A1 Serti, Francesco
A1 Vega-Redondo, Fernando
A2 Universidad Carlos III. Departamento de Economía, 
AB 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.
SN 2340-5031
YR 2024
FD 2024-06-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/43951
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/43951
LA eng
NO F. Vega-Redondo acknowledges financial support by grant CEX2021-001181-M financed by MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033, María Zambrano Program 2021, and Comunidad de Madrid, grantEPUC3M11 (V PRICIT).
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