Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/249185 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] KDI Journal of Economic Policy [ISSN:] 2586-4130 [Volume:] 43 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] Korea Development Institute (KDI) [Place:] Sejong [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 1-21
Publisher: 
Korea Development Institute (KDI), Sejong
Abstract: 
This paper aims to investigate whether there is empirical evidence supporting the learning-to-export hypothesis, which has received little attention in the literature. By taking full advantage of plant-product level data from Korea during 1990-1998, we find some evidence for the learning-to-export effect, especially for the innovated product varieties with delayed exporters: their productivity, together with research and development and investment activity, was superior to their matched sample. On the other hand, this learning-to-export effect was not significantly pronounced for industries protected by import tariffs. Thus, our empirical findings suggest that it would be desirable to implement certain policy tools to promote the learning-to-export effect, whereas tariff protection is not justifiable for that purpose.
Subjects: 
Learning-to-export
Difference-in-differences
Matching
JEL: 
F13
F14
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Document Type: 
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