Export Survival in Global Production Chains

This paper focuses on the survival capacity of the trade flows in international production networks. Firstly, we emphasize that these trade relationships are longer-lived than other trade flows. Secondly, we try to delimit the factors that explain this using time-discrete duration models which contr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Díaz Mora, María del Carmen, Córcoles González, David, Gandoy Juste, Rosario
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/19873
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10578/19873
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:International Production Networks
Export Survival
Time-Discrete Duration Models
Redes internacionales de producción
Supervivencia de exportación
Modelos de duración discreta
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Sumario:This paper focuses on the survival capacity of the trade flows in international production networks. Firstly, we emphasize that these trade relationships are longer-lived than other trade flows. Secondly, we try to delimit the factors that explain this using time-discrete duration models which control for the existence of unobservable heterogeneity. We find that variables such as initial value of the trade flow, geographic and product diversification, institutional quality, geographic, linguistic and economic proximity and membership in a regional integration agreement play an important role for stability of global production systems. Our results highlight that the high sunk entry costs and the need for trust and reliability in global value chains are factors dissuading radical alterations in the network configuration.