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Firm Productivity and the Exports Market: a non-parametric approach

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URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10016/2487
ISSN: 0022-1996
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(01)00154-4
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This paper examines total factor productivity differences between exporting and non-exporting firms. These differences are documented on the basis of a sample of Spanish manufacturing firms over the period 1991?1996. The paper also examines two complementary explanations for the greater productivity of exporting firms: (1) the market selection hypothesis, and (2) the learning hypothesis. Non-parametric tests are proposed and implemented for testing these hypotheses. Results indicate clearly higher levels of productivity for exporting firms than for non-exporting firms. With respect to the relative merits of the selection and the learning hypotheses, we find evidence supporting the self-selection of more productive firms in the export market. The evidence in favor of learning-by-exporting is rather weak, and limited to younger exporters.
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Total factor productivity, Exports, Stochastic dominance, Nonparametric test
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Journal of International Economics. 2002, vol. 57, nº. 2, p. 397-422
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