Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/244455 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 15/2009
Publisher: 
Örebro University School of Business, Örebro
Abstract: 
Using a matching approach, we compare the productivity trajectories of future exporters and matched and unmatched non-exporters. Future exporters have higher productivity than do unmatched non-exporters before entry into the export market, which indicates self-selection into exports. More interestingly, we also find a productivity increase among future exporters relative to matched non-exporters 1-2 years before export entry. However, the productivity gap between future exporters and matched non-exporters does not continue to grow after export entry. Our results suggest that learning-to-export occurs but that learning-by-exporting does not. In contrast to previous studies on Swedish manufacturing, we focus particularly on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Subjects: 
productivity
learning-to-export
learning-by-exporting
matching
JEL: 
D24
F14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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