Exporting and productivity: Theory, evidence and future research

Singapore Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue SPEC. ISS. 1, 2006, Pages 303-312

  Greenaway, David ^a   Kneller, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causality; Exporting; Firm heterogeneity; Microeconomic; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 33645464743     PISSN: 02175908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217590805002050     Document Type: Review

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