Research Article

The Dynamic Evolution of Overseas Market Network of Chinese Enterprises: Agglomeration or Dispersion

Table 3

The path effect of export network connection on the enterprise’s overseas market location selection.

(1)(2)(3)(4)

Whether to export in the previous period272.385 (0.786)213.514 (0.707)213.387 (0.705)212.683 (0.711)
Geographic network expansion effect−0.357 (0.002)0.148 (0.002)−0.358 (0.002)0.151 (0.002)
(geographic network expansion effect)−0.483 (0.002)−0.474 (0.002)
Economic network expansion effect0.775 (0.007)0.771 (0.007)0.478 (0.006)0.481 (0.006)
(economic network expansion effect)0.326 (0.008)0.331 (0.008)
Number of trade connections in the previous period0.351 (0.002)0.331 (0.002)0.339 (0.002)0.341 (0.002)
Geographic search effect9.246 (0.059)9.508 (0.060)9.874(0.060)10.246 (0.059)
Geographical remoteness effect1.929 (0.144)2.908 (0.142)2.554 (0.144)1.997 (0.143)
Economic remoteness effect0.476 (0.038)0.417 (0.039)0.338 (0.040)0.468 (0.037)
Control variableControlControlControlControl
Goodness of fit0.5030.5140.5150.516
Sample size127098723126384609126384609126384609

Note. , , and represent the significance level of 10%, 5%, and 1% respectively. The clustering robust standard deviation of the estimated coefficients is given in parentheses. The estimated coefficients are all marginal effects.