Salvador Gil-ParejaRafael Llorca-Vivero
José Antonio Martínez-Serrano
Francisco Requena Silvente
University of Valencia
Abstract
This paper investigates the channels through which Spanish regional export promotion offices abroad affect bilateral exports. Using data of regional exports over the period 1993-2008, we find that the network of export promotion offices boost exports and that this effect take place mainly through an increase in both the number of products and the average number of firm transactions per product. The analysis by product categories and industries suggest that they seem to favour an increase in trade margins of exports in differentiated goods. Finally, the results show a large heterogeneity across regions.
Key words: Regional; export promotion, extensive and intensive margins.
JEL Classification numbers: F14, R12.