Export Premium, Self-selection and Learning-by-Exporting: Evidence from Chinese Matched Firms

World Economy

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1218-1240

  Yang, Yong ^a   Mallick, Sushanta ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXPORT; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY;

CHINA;

EID: 77957362097     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2010.01277.x     Document Type: Article

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