We analyse whether and to what extent the quality of regional institutions has a differential effect on firms’ growth driven by heterogeneity in firm value chain posi- tioning. We analyse turnover growth during the period 2010–2013 for a sample of manufacturing firms located in four European countries—France, Germany, Italy and Spain. We distinguish final firms serving end markets from suppliers serving other firms. Our instrumental variable estimates point to high-quality regional institutions enhancing the growth performance of only locally embedded suppliers with opera- tions confined to the own regional market—that is, the ‘weakest’ node of the value chain.
Cainelli, G., Ganau, R., Giunta, A. (2023). Value chain, regional institutions and firm growth in Europe. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY [10.1093/jeg/lbad004].
Value chain, regional institutions and firm growth in Europe
Cainelli Giulio;Giunta Anna
2023-01-01
Abstract
We analyse whether and to what extent the quality of regional institutions has a differential effect on firms’ growth driven by heterogeneity in firm value chain posi- tioning. We analyse turnover growth during the period 2010–2013 for a sample of manufacturing firms located in four European countries—France, Germany, Italy and Spain. We distinguish final firms serving end markets from suppliers serving other firms. Our instrumental variable estimates point to high-quality regional institutions enhancing the growth performance of only locally embedded suppliers with opera- tions confined to the own regional market—that is, the ‘weakest’ node of the value chain.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
