Learning-by-Exporting: Continuous Productivity Improvements or Capacity Utilization Effects? Evidence from Slovenian Firms |
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Authors: | Jo?e P Damijan ?rt Kostevc |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Kardeljeva ploscad 17, 1101 Ljubljana, Slovenia;(2) Institute for Economic Research and LICOS, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Following along the lines of a growing literature on the causal link between exporting and productivity, this paper analyzes
the existence of “learning-by-exporting” using firm-level data for Slovenian manufacturing enterprises between 1994 and 2002.
We fail to find conclusive evidence of learning-by-exporting. By matching new exporting firms to “sufficiently” similar non-exporters
and using the difference-in-differences method on the matched pairs it is revealed that productivity improvements, although
present, are far from permanent and tend to dissipate shortly after initial entry. Confronting the data on factor accumulation
with TFP measures indicates that the perceived learning effects may in fact only be a consequence of increased capacity utilization
brought about by the opening of an additional market.
JEL no. D24, F12, F14 |
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Keywords: | Firm heterogeneity exports learning-by-exporting difference-in-differences matching |
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