Do exports generate higher productivity? Evidence from Slovenia

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-98

  De Loecker, Jan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Export destination; Exports; Learning by exporting; Production functions; Productivity dynamics

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447322597     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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