World Bank's Exporter Dynamics Database provides a country-year level indicator measuring the median rate at which incumbent exporters enter new destination markets. This dataset is derived from customs-level transaction records of individual exporters. The specific indicator is '082.Destination Entry Rate of Incumbents: Median'.
Use Cases
- Analyze the relationship between a country's median destination entry rate and its aggregate export growth over time.
- Compare the market expansion behavior of incumbent exporters across different countries using the standardized median rate indicator.
- Model the impact of trade policy changes on the 'Destination Entry Rate of Incumbents' metric at the country-year level.
Strengths
- Data originates from official customs records, providing a factual transaction-level foundation.
- Indicators are standardized at the country-year level, enabling cross-country and temporal comparison.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage for this indicator are unknown.
- The dataset provides aggregated indicators, not the underlying firm-level transaction data, limiting granular analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank - Exporter Dynamics Database
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from exporter-level customs transaction records.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Country-level coverage, specific countries unknown.