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REGIONAL ISSUES ON FIRM ENTRY AND EXIT IN ARGENTINA: CORE AND PERIPHERAL REGIONS. Carla Daniela Calá Dipòsit Legal: T 1655-2014 ADVERTIMENT. L'accés als continguts d'aquesta tesi doctoral i la seva utilització ha de respectar els drets de la persona autora. Pot ser utilitzada per a consulta o estudi personal, així com en activitats o materials d'investigació i docència en els termes establerts a l'art. 32 del Text Refós de la Llei de Propietat Intel·lectual (RDL 1/1996). Per altres utilitzacions es requereix l'autorització prèvia i expressa de la persona autora. En qualsevol cas, en la utilització dels seus continguts caldrà indicar de forma clara el nom i cognoms de la persona autora i el títol de la tesi doctoral. No s'autoritza la seva reproducció o altres formes d'explotació efectuades amb finalitats de lucre ni la seva comunicació pública des d'un lloc aliè al servei TDX. Tampoc s'autoritza la presentació del seu contingut en una finestra o marc aliè a TDX (framing). 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UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI REGIONAL ISSUES ON FIRM ENTRY AND EXIT IN ARGENTINA: CORE AND PERIPHERAL REGIONS. Carla Daniela Calá Dipòsit Legal: T 1655-2014 Regional Issues on Firm Entry and Exit in Argentina: Core and Peripheral Regions PhD Dissertation Carla Daniela Calá Department of Economics Directors: PhD. Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod PhD. Miguel Manjón Antolín Universitat Rovira i Virgili Reus 2014 UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI REGIONAL ISSUES ON FIRM ENTRY AND EXIT IN ARGENTINA: CORE AND PERIPHERAL REGIONS. Carla Daniela Calá Dipòsit Legal: T 1655-2014 UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI REGIONAL ISSUES ON FIRM ENTRY AND EXIT IN ARGENTINA: CORE AND PERIPHERAL REGIONS. Carla Daniela Calá Dipòsit Legal: T 1655-2014 Regional Issues on Firm Entry and Exit in Argentina: Core and Peripheral Regions Carla Daniela Calá Department of Economics Universitat Rovira i Virgili May 30, 2014 - 3 - UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI REGIONAL ISSUES ON FIRM ENTRY AND EXIT IN ARGENTINA: CORE AND PERIPHERAL REGIONS. Carla Daniela Calá Dipòsit Legal: T 1655-2014 UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI REGIONAL ISSUES ON FIRM ENTRY AND EXIT IN ARGENTINA: CORE AND PERIPHERAL REGIONS. Carla Daniela Calá Dipòsit Legal: T 1655-2014 Index Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................ 9 Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................................................ 11 Chapter 2: Theoretical Framework And Empirical Evidence ......................................... 15 2.1. Presentation ...................................................................................................... 15 2.2. Measurements and approaches ........................................................................... 16 2.3. Firm dynamics: literature review and empirical evidence .................................... 17 2.3.1. Firm entry .................................................................................................. 17 2.3.2. Firm exit ..................................................................................................... 21 2.3.3. Independence, symmetry or simultaneity? .................................................... 22 2.4. The role of space on firm dynamics .................................................................... 24 2.4.1. Germanic location theory ............................................................................ 24 2.4.2. Models of cumulative causation ................................................................... 25 2.4.3. Local external economies ............................................................................ 25 2.4.4. New economic geography (NEG) ................................................................ 26 2.5. Empirical research on firm dynamics in developed countries ............................... 28 2.6. What do we know about firm dynamics and the role played by economic development? ........................................................................................................... 34 2.6.1. Industrial composition and firm characteristics ............................................. 35 2.6.2. Income levels and funding ........................................................................... 35 2.6.3. Knowledge and education ........................................................................... 36 2.6.4. Macroeconomic issues ................................................................................ 37 2.6.5. Informal sector ............................................................................................ 38 2.7. Empirical research about firm dynamics in developing countries ......................... 39 2.7.1. Determinants at the industry level ................................................................ 41 2.7.2. Determinants at the regional level ................................................................ 42 2.7.3. Determinants at the firm level ...................................................................... 44 2.7.4. Macroeconomic determinants ..................................................................... 45 2.8. Concluding Remarks ......................................................................................... 46 Chapter 3: Data ........................................................................................................... 47 3.1. Presentation ...................................................................................................... 47 3.2. Data Sources ..................................................................................................... 47 3.2.1 Database for the Study of Firm and Employment Dynamics .......................... 47 3.2.2. National Household Survey ......................................................................... 50 3.3. Explanatory Variables ........................................................................................ 53 Chapter 4: Argentina Over The Last 20 Years ............................................................... 57 4.1. Presentation ...................................................................................................... 57 4.2. Argentina and the regional dimension ................................................................ 57 4.3. Argentina Over the Last 20 Years....................................................................... 66 4.4. Concluding Remarks ......................................................................................... 71 Chapter 5: Regional Determinants Of Firm Entry In A Developing Country .................. 73 5.1. Introduction ...................................................................................................... 73 - 5 - UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI REGIONAL ISSUES ON FIRM ENTRY AND EXIT IN ARGENTINA: CORE AND PERIPHERAL REGIONS. Carla Daniela Calá Dipòsit Legal: T 1655-2014 5.2. Regional determinants of entry: an overview ...................................................... 75 5.2.1. Evidence from developed countries .............................................................. 75 5.2.2. Evidence from developing countries ............................................................. 77 5.2.3. Empirical strategy ....................................................................................... 78 5.3. The data ............................................................................................................ 78 5.3.1. Entry .......................................................................................................... 78 5.3.2. Explanatory variables .................................................................................. 83 5.4. Econometric