Export Dynamics in Colombia: Firm-Level Evidence

Number: 
446
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
F14, F19, D23, D29
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

Using transactions-level customs data from Colombia, we study firm-specific export patterns over the period 1996-2005. Our data allow us to track firms? entry and exit into and out of individual destination markets, as well as their revenues from selling