Do African manufacturing firms learn from exporting?

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 115-141

  Bigsten, Arne ^a   Collier, Paul ^b,c   Dercon, Stefan ^b   Fafchamps, Marcel ^b   Gauthier, Bernard ^d   Gunning, Jan Willem ^e   Oduro, Abena ^f   Oostendorp, Remco ^e   Pattillo, Catherine ^g   Söderbom, Måns ^b   Teal, Francis ^b   Zeufack, Albert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^g INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURED EXPORT; MANUFACTURING;

AFRICA;

EID: 2442702760     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022038042000213229     Document Type: Article

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