Exporting and productivity: A firm-level analysis of the Taiwan electronics industry

Developing Economies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 340-361

  Yang, Chih Hai ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Export; Learning by exporting; Productivity; Self selection

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EXPORT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0242414417     PISSN: 00121533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2003.tb00575.x     Document Type: Article

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