Learning to export: Evidence from Moroccan manufacturing

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-355

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a   El hamine, Said ^b   Zeufack, Albert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Bank Al Maghrib (Banque centrale du Maroc)   (Morocco)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; EXPORT; INCENTIVE; LEARNING; MANUFACTURING; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTIVITY;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 41049108293     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejm008     Document Type: Article

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