Unfair competition and export intensity of Latin American SMEs: The role of regulations

IF 6.1 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-05-31 DOI:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102463

Sebastian Aparicio , Jorge Lengler , Roberta Aguzzoli , Carlos M.P. Sousa , Gabriel R.G. Benito , David Urbano

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Abstract

Latin American countries exhibit significant levels of informal economic activity and a low degree of trade openness. Yet, little is known about the effect of these institutional characteristics on the performance of SMEs when venturing abroad to explore international markets. Based on an institutional voids approach, we explore the effects of unfair competition, particularly related to informality, on export intensity of SMEs conditioned by tariffs, trade regulations, and taxes in Latin America. Multilevel modeling is applied to a sample of 5781 Latin American firms. We hypothesize and find that SMEs increase their exports when they compete against informal firms. Higher tariffs and trade regulations reinforce such unfair competition and thus the decision to focus on international markets.

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拉美中小企业不公平竞争与出口强度：法规的作用

拉丁美洲国家表现出大量的非正式经济活动和低程度的贸易开放。然而，这些制度特征对中小企业在海外开拓国际市场时绩效的影响却知之甚少。基于制度空白方法，我们探讨了不公平竞争，特别是与非正式性相关的不公平竞争对拉丁美洲受关税、贸易法规和税收限制的中小企业出口强度的影响。多层模型应用于5781家拉丁美洲公司的样本。我们假设并发现中小企业在与非正规企业竞争时增加了出口。更高的关税和贸易法规加剧了这种不公平竞争，从而加剧了将重点放在国际市场上的决定。

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International Business Review BUSINESS-

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14.10

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6.90%

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审稿时长

62 days

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