Information, agglomeration, and the headquarters of U.S. exporters

Lovely, Mary E.; Rosenthal, Stuart S.; Sharma, Shalini

doi:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2003.09.002

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“…A good deal of the literature on airports and economic development has focused on moving goods. For example, the benefits that an airport provides to a region and firm have also been demonstrated to influence the exporters in locational decisions, specifically on where to locate their business (Lovely et al, 2005). In today's knowledge and creative economy, the ability to move people may matter even more than moving goods.…”

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Up in the air: the role of airports for regional economic development

2014

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Abstract:Our research examines the role of airports in regional development. Specifically, we examine two things: (1) the factors associated with whether or not a metro will have an airport, and (2) the effect of airport activities on regional economic development.Based on multiple regression analysis for U.S. metros, our research generates four key findings. First, airports are more likely to be located in larger metros with higher shares of cultural workers and warmer winters. Second, airports add significantly to regional development measured as economic output per capita. Third, the effect of airports on regional development occurs through two channels -their capacity to move both people and cargo, with the former being somewhat more important.Fourth, the impact of airports on regional development varies with their size and scale.

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Section: Concepts and Theorymentioning

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Up in the air: the role of airports for regional economic development

2014

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“…Many analysts regard the acquisition of information on how to export as the most critical step of the process (e.g., Kotabe and Czinkota, 1992), a finding supported by government studies (US Office of Technology Assessment, 1994). Lovely, Rosenthal, and Sharma (2005) find that, for difficult export markets, the headquarters of American exporters are spatially concentrated, which they attribute to informational needs. Yet it is often argued that rural establishments are disadvantaged in their ability to acquire this information.…”

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Is There a Rural/Urban Export Gap?

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Livingston

2007

Journal of Regional Science

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There is growing concern, particularly in policy circles, that rural manufacturing plants may be less likely to export than metro area plants, and that this may exacerbate the economic difficulties of rural America. A variety of reasons have been offered to expect this export gap, but little empirical work has been done. Using a database of all manufacturing establishments in seven southeastern states and the county and/or zip code-level characteristics of their environment, we find that rural plants are indeed somewhat less likely to export than their urban counterparts. Though there are several explanations for the existence of this gap, factors specific to the rural environment-lower levels of human capital and information externalities-are its largest source. Copyright Blackwell Publishing, Inc. 2007

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“…For developing country firms, even though participating in international markets will allow them to access more advanced and up‐to‐date technologies, fierce global competition requires local firms to develop capabilities to compete with foreign firms or even global lead firms to earn their market shares. Exporting also involves additional fixed costs for business (Melitz ), including, for example, establishment of distribution networks, research about the foreign market to gain intelligence on consumers' taste, market structure, competitors and regulations (Clerides et al ; He et al ; Lovely et al ). It is thus acknowledged that only those highly capable, productive firms in developing countries are able to enter the export market (Bernard and Jensen ; Eaton et al ).…”

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Does Creative Destruction Work for Chinese Regions?

Zhou

Zhu

2016

Growth and Change

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Creative destruction is a key driving force behind industrial development. The continuing process of creative destruction provides an impetus to regional industrial renewal. Our analytical framework emphasizes the ways in which firm exit creates a stimulus for firm entry is complementary to the process of technological change and industrial renewal articulated by Schumpeter who pays attention to how new entrants bring in radical innovation and new products, making incumbents' products and technologies obsolete and forcing them to exit or catch up. Using firm‐level data of China's industries during 1998–2008, this paper seeks to argue that the relationship between firm exit and entry has been constantly shaped by an assemblage of various factors, including not only firm characteristics, but also industrial linkages, and most importantly, national and regional institutional contexts, particularly in the context of China where a triple process of decentralization, globalization, and privatization has resulted in enormous spatial and temporal variations in the economic and institutional landscape.

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Information, agglomeration, and the headquarters of U.S. exporters

Cited by 76 publications

References 8 publications

Up in the air: the role of airports for regional economic development

Up in the air: the role of airports for regional economic development

Is There a Rural/Urban Export Gap?

Does Creative Destruction Work for Chinese Regions?

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