Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/121502 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 2008
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
This literature review aims to systematize the knowledge about the relationship between exports and firm performance, in developed countries, developing countries and in Brazil. Especially, this review pays particular attention to the learning-by-exporting hypothesis, that is, firms' performance improvements - in particular, in productivity - experienced after the entry into the international market. In general, the confirmation of the learning-by-exporting hypothesis, when present, tends to occur in the articles relating to developing countries and Brazil. One possible explanation is that firms in these countries tend to operate below the technological frontier; hence, they have more to gain from international trade, at least marginally. In short, this review shows that competitive firms become exporters, but not necessarily exporters become more competitive.
Subjects: 
learning-by-exporting
exports
firms
productivity
JEL: 
F14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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