Incumbent Firm Product Innovation Share in Export Value

Exporter-level customs transaction data provides a country-year level indicator measuring the median share of new products in the total export value of incumbent firms. The dataset is produced by the World Bank's Exporter Dynamics Database – Indicators team. The specific temporal coverage and volume of records are not specified in the provided metadata.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between the 'Share of New Products in TEV of Incumbents: Median' indicator and national economic growth metrics.
• Model firm-level export diversification using the median new product share as a target variable for country-year panels.
• Benchmark product innovation intensity across countries using the provided median share indicator from customs data.

Strengths

• Data originates from official customs transaction records, providing a factual basis for trade analysis.
• Indicator is calculated at the country-year level, enabling longitudinal and cross-country comparative studies.

Limitations

• Sample size, row count, and specific time range are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• The dataset provides only a pre-calculated median indicator, lacking the underlying firm-level transaction data for deeper analysis.
• Geographic coverage is unspecified, which may introduce bias if certain regions are over- or under-represented.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Exporter Dynamics Database – Indicators

Collection Method

Calculated from exporter-level customs transaction data.