The impact of special economic zones on exporting behavior

Arbeitspapier

Using firm level data from Africa and Asia, we estimate the impact of being in a special economic zone (SEZ) on a firm's probability of exporting, export intensity, and value of exports. At the extensive margin, we find that SEZ firms in open economies are 25% more likely to export than their non-SEZ counterparts, with a large negative effect in closed economies. At the intensive margin, we find that SEZs increase the value of exports, but only in countries with barriers to imports where the estimate increase is 3.6%. Thus, the estimated effect of introducing an SEZ can be meaningful, but is heavily contingent on the local economic environment.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series ; No. WP15/28

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
• Thema: Exporting ; Trade Barriers ; Special Economic Zones

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Davies, Ronald B. ; Mazhikeyev, Arman
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University College Dublin, UCD School of Economics
• (wo): Dublin
• (wann): 2015

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/129326
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ