Logistics performance and export variety: Evidence from Turkey

TÖNGÜR Ü., TÜRKCAN K., EKMEN ÖZÇELİK S.

CENTRAL BANK REVIEW, cilt.20, sa.3, ss.143-154, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.cbrev.2020.04.002
  • Dergi Adı: CENTRAL BANK REVIEW
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.143-154
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Trade facilitation, Logistic performance, Export margins, Export variety, Turkey, TRADE FACILITATION, INTERNATIONAL-TRADE, EXTENSIVE MARGIN, TRANSPORT COSTS, INFRASTRUCTURE, GRAVITY, IMPACT
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study examines the effects of logistics infrastructure on export variety, as measured by the extensive margin. Using finely disaggregated exports data for Turkey's trade with 174 countries over the period 2007-2017, we decompose gross export flows into the extensive and intensive margins of Turkish exports utilizing the method developed by Hummels and Klenow (2005). Gravity estimates suggest that logistics infrastructure positively influences export values and has a greater impact on the extensive margin than the intensive margin. Our empirical analysis further suggests that Turkish exporters are more sensitive to changes in local market logistics conditions than to those of their trade partners. These findings are robust to a variety of alternative measures and estimation methods. (c) 2020 Central Bank of The Republic of Turkey. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).