The Spatial Path Of Exporters' Border Expansion

Using China customs data and industrial firms data between 2000 and 2006,we investigate the factors which affect exporters' decision to entry into new country,sharing a common border with old export markets.The results indicate that market similarity positively affects exporters' border expansion,especially language and colonial culture.In addition,we also analyze the effect of overseas agglomeration from two angles.O n the one hand,there is a U-shaped relationship between the overseas agglomeration that occurred in old market and border expansion.It plays different roles "gather" or "extend" in two stages;and the overseas agglomeration of neighboring firms in the border market and border expansion are inverted U," pull " or "push" firm.These two different angles of overseas agglomeration promote firms' border expansion in space path.