Promoting Exports in Brazil

Seminario de investigación

Expositor | Nicolás Depetris Chauvin |  HES-SO/HEG Genève

Abstract: Export promotion agencies worldwide spend heavily on interventions to induce domestic firms to start exporting. However, we lack proper evaluation of the efficacy of such programs. In our project, we implement a firm-level randomized controlled trial (RCT) to assess whether providing information on aspects of the exporting process affects the likelihood that firms will start exporting. The first intervention involves accessing online courses that provide information on different types of export impediments: bureaucracy, financial frictions and demand uncertainty. The second intervention is more intensive, involving firm-specific and individual guidance on overcoming barriers to exporting. In a sample of 1,125 small, medium and large Brazilian manufacturing and non-exporting firms, we aim to evaluate the impact of the interventions on firms’ intention to export and their employment decisions. By combining two types of interventions (online courses versus individual sessions), our study will be able to evaluate the main informational bottlenecks faced by firms and which intervention produces more meaningful effects on firms’ internationalization decision.

Sobre el expositor
Nicolás Depetris Chauvin es Profesor Asociado de Economía en HES-SO/HEG Ginebra. Nicolás es un economista internacional con amplia experiencia en investigación y análisis de políticas que abarca África, América Latina y el Medio Oriente. Su principal área de investigación actual es la intersección entre el comercio internacional y la economía del desarrollo. Ha publicado varios artículos y libros sobre cadenas de suministro agrícolas, seguridad alimentaria, economías ricas en recursos naturales, alivio de la deuda externa, economías de mercados emergentes, economía del vino y las economías del Golfo y África. Tiene un doctorado en economía de la Universidad de Princeton.

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