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dc.titleFirm-to-Firm Trade Networks: A Focus on Latin America and the Caribbean
dc.contributor.authorAlviarez, Vanessa
dc.contributor.authorBlyde, Juan S.
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2025-04-10T00:04:00
dc.date.issue2025-04-10T00:04:00
dc.description.abstractTrade flows are the result of the interaction between buyers and sellers. Understanding how these firm-to-firm relationships form, survive, and evolve over time helps identify how countries can improve their export outcomes. Using a very granular dataset of United States import transactions from all countries around the world, we present a battery of static and dynamic metrics of firm-to-firm relationships. We show how Latin American exporters compare with exporters from other regions across all the metrics. We show that trade costs negatively affect the formation and duration of firm-to-firm networks. Regional differences in these costs partially explain Latin Americas performance. The study discusses a series of measures to reduce trade-related cots in the region that, in light of the results, are likely to improve the trade networks of Latin American countries.
dc.format.extent26
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013492
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Firm-to-Firm-Trade-Networks-A-Focus-on-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectExport Activity
dc.subjectExport
dc.subjectIntegration and Trade
dc.subjectRating
dc.subjectTariff System
dc.subjectSmall Business
dc.subject.jelcodeF12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies • Fragmentation
dc.subject.jelcodeF14 - Empirical Studies of Trade
dc.subject.jelcodeL22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure
dc.subject.keywordsTrade networks;Supply Chains;exports
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01679
idb.operationRG-K1089
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