Learning-by-exporting revisited: The role of intensity and persistence

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 893-916

  Andersson, Martin ^a   Lööf, Hans ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamic models; Export productivity premium; Panel data; Productivity dynamics; Temporary and persistent exporters

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; FIRM SIZE; LEARNING; MODELING; PRODUCTIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 71849107924     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2009.01585.x     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Andersen O. On the Internationalization Process of Firms-A Critical Analysis. Journal of International Business Studies 1993, 24:209-231.
2. Andersen T W, Hsiao C. Estimation of Dynamic Models with Error Components. Journal of the American Statistical Association 1981, 76:589-606.
3. Andersson M, Lööf H, Johansson S. Productivity and International Trade-Evidence from a Small Open Economy. Review of World Economics 2008, 144:774-801.
4. Arellano M, Bond S. Some Test of Specification for Panel Data-Monte Carlo Evidence and Application to Employment Equations. Review of Economic Studies 1991, 58:277-297.
5. Arellano M, Bover O. Another Look at Instrumental Variable Estimation of Error Component Models. Journal of Econometrics 1995, 68:29-51.
6. Arnold J M, Hussinger K. Export Behavior and Firm Productivity in German Manufacturing: A Firm-level Analysis. Review of World Economics 2005, 141:219-243.
7. Arrow K. The Economic Implications of Learning-by-Doing. Review of Economics and Statistics 1962, 29:155-173.
8. Aw B Y, Chung S, Roberts M J. Productivity and Turnover in the Export Market: Micro Evidence from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan (China). World Bank Economic Review 2000, 14:65-90.
9. Aw B Y, Roberts M J, Winston T. Export Market Participation, Investments in R&D and Worker Training, and the Evolution of Firm Productivity. The World Economy 2007, 30:83-104.
10. Aw B Y, Roberts M J, Yi Xu D. R&D Investments, Exporting and the Evolution of Firm Productivity. American Economic Review 2008, 98:451-456.
11. Baldwin J R, Gu W. Export-market Participation and Productivity Performance in Canadian Manufacturing. Canadian Journal of Economics 2003, 36:634-657.
12. Bernard A B, Jensen J B. Exceptional Exporter Performance: Cause, Effect, or Both?. Journal of International Economics 1999, 47:1-25.
13. Bernard A B, Jensen J B, Redding S J, Schott P K. Firms in International Trade. Journal of Economic Perspectives 2007, 21:105-130.
14. Bond S, Hoffler A, Temple J. GMM Estimation of Empirical Growth Models, Economics Papers 2001-W21. 2001, University of Oxford
15. Castellani D. Export Behavior and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Italian Manufacturing Firms. Review of World Economics 2002, 138:605-628.
16. Castellani D, Zanfei A. Technology Gaps, Absorptive Capacity and the Impact of Inward Investments on Productivity of European Firms. Economics of Innovation and New Technology 2003, 12:555-576.
17. Clerides S, Lach S, Tybout J. Is Learning by Exporting Important? Micro-dynamic Evidence from Colombia, Mexico and Morocco. Quarterly Journal of Economics 1998, 113:903-947.
18. Criscuolo C, Haskel J, Slaughter M J. Global Engagement and the Innovation Activities of Firms. 2005, NBER Working Paper no. 11479
19. Dachs B, Ebersberger B, Lööf H. The Innovative Performance of Foreign-owned Enterprises in Small Open Economies. Journal of Technology Transfer 2008, 33:393-406.
20. De Loecker J. Do Exports Generate Higher Productivity? Evidence from Slovenia. Journal of International Economics 2007, 73:69-98.
21. Delgado M A, Farinas J C, Ruano S. Firm Productivity and Export Markets: A Non-parametric Approach. Journal of International Economics 2002, 57:397-422.
22. Evenson R E, Westphal L, Behrman J, Srinivasan T N. Technological Change and Technology Strategy. Handbook of Development Economics 1995, Vol. III. in, eds., North-Holland, Amsterdam
23. Fernandes A M, Isgut A E. Learning-by-Exporting Effects: Are They For Real?, Munich Personal RePEc Archive. 2007, Paper no. 3121
24. Geroski P, Machin S, Van Reenen J. The Profitability of Innovating Firms. Rand Journal of Economics 1993, 24:198-211.
25. Girma S, Greenaway D, Kneller R. Does Exporting Increase Productivity? A Micro-econometric Analysis of Matched Firms. Review of International Economics 2004, 12:855-866.
26. Glaeser E. Cities, Information and Economic Growth. Cityscape 1994, 1:9-47.
27. Greenaway D, Kneller R. Firm Heterogeneity, Exporting and Foreign Direct Investment. Economic Journal 2007a, 117:134-161.
28. Greenaway D, Kneller R. Industry Differences in the Effect of Export Market Entry: Learning by Exporting?. Review of World Economics 2007b, 143:416-432.
29. Greenaway D, Kneller R. Exporting, Productivity and Agglomeration. European Economic Review 2008, 52:919-939.
30. Griliches Z, Mairesse J, Griliches Z. Productivity and R&D at the Firm Level. R&D Patents and Productivity 1984, in, ed., University of Chicago Press, Chicago
31. Hansen L P. Large Sample Properties of Generalised Method of Moment Estimators. Econometrica 1982, 50:1029-1054.
32. Holtz-Eakin D, Newey W, Rosen H S. Estimating Vector Autoregressions with Panel Data. Econometrica 1988, 56:1371-1395.
33. Hsiao C. Analysis of Panel Data 1986, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
34. Isgut A E. What's Different about Exporters? Evidence from Colombian Manufacturing. Journal of Development Studies 2001, 37:57-82.
35. Johansson B, Lööf H. Innovation Activities Explained by Firm Attributes and Location. Economics of Innovation and New Technology 2008, 17:533-552.
36. Knudsen T, Madsen T K. Export Strategy: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective. Scandinavian Journal of Management 2002, 18:475-502.
37. Lileeva A, Trefler D. Improved Access to Foreign Markets Raises Plant-level Productivity ... For Some Plans. 2007, NBER Working Paper no. 13297.
38. Lundberg E. Produktivitet och Räntabilitet 1961, PA Norstedt och Söner, Stockholm
39. Nelson R R, Winter S G. An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change 1982, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
40. Nerlove M. Likelihood of Inference for Dynamic Panel Models. L'Annales d'economie et de statistique 1999, 55:1-41.
41. Nickell S J. Biases in Dynamic Models with Fixed Effects. Econometrica 1981, 49:1417-1426.
42. Pfaffermayr M, Bellak C, Jungnickel R. Why Foreign-owned Firms are Different: A Conceptual Framework and Empirical Evidence for Austria. Foreign-owned Firms: Are They Different 2002, in, ed., Palgrave Macmillan, London
43. Roodman D. How to Do xtabond: An Introduction to " Difference" and " System" GMM and Stata. 2006, CGDEV Working Paper no. 103
44. Rosenthal S, Strange W, Henderson J V, Thisse J F. Evidence on the Nature and Sources of Agglomeration Economies. Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics 2004, in, eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam
45. Trofimenko N. Learning by Exporting: Does it Matter Where One Learns?. Economic Development and Cultural Change 2008, 56:871-894.
46. Wagner J. Exports and Productivity-A Survey of the Evidence from Firm Level Data. The World Economy 2007, 30:60-82.
47. Windmeijer F. A Finite Sample Correction for the Variance of Linear Efficient Two-step GMM Estimators. Journal of Econometrics 2005, 126:25-51.
48. Yeaple S. Firm Heterogeneity and the Structure of US Multinational Activity: An Empirical Analysis. 2008, NBER Working Paper no. 14072