Exports and productivity of Russian firms: In search of causality

Economic Change and Restructuring

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-385

  Wilhelmsson, Fredrik ^a   Kozlov, Konstantin ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NUPI   (Norway)

^b NEW ECONOMIC SCHOOL   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Exports; Learning by exporting; Productivity; Russia

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FIRM OWNERSHIP; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; MANUFACTURING; OECD; PRODUCTIVITY;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 80053065957     PISSN: 15739414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10644-008-9038-4     Document Type: Article

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