Productivity, exporting, and the learning-by-exporting hypothesis: Direct evidence from UK firms

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 619-638

  Crespi, Gustavo ^a   Criscuolo, Chiara ^b   Haskel, Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ECONOMETRICS; EXPORT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 47849117448     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2008.00479.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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