Titolo
International trade and domestic competition: evidence from Belgium
Periodico
Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" - Dipartimento di metodi e modelli per l'economia il territorio e la finanza. Working papers
Anno: 2010 - Fascicolo: 74 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 22

In this paper we study empirically the effect of domestic market structure on the firm's propensity to export. We use a panel compris- ing 13,495 firms registered in Belgium during the period 2003-2008, covering all sectors of the Belgian economy. We find a positive correla- tion between domestic market concentration and export performance of national firms, thus competition appears to spur national leading firms to exploit economies of scale by increasing their sales abroad. This effect may be sustained by increased labor productivity and by a higher degree of heterogeneity among firms in a given sector.




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