Exporting May Not Always Boost Firm Productivity |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">David?GreenawayEmail author Joakim?Gullstrand Richard?Kneller |
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Institution: | (1) School of Economics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom;(2) Lund University, Lund, Sweden;(3) University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | A large empirical literature suggests the performance characteristics of firms that export are different from firms that do
not. Specifically, exporters tend to be larger, more productive and pay higher wages than non-exporters. This paper reports
on an econometric analysis of the characteristics of exporters and non-exporters in Swedish manufacturing industry. We use
matching and difference-in-differences analysis to investigate a panel data set on a large number of firms and spanning almost
20 years. Some of our results echo those reported elsewhere. However, in contrast to the findings for every other country
analysed so far, we find that the performance characteristics of exporters and non-exporters are remarkably similar. In particular,
we find no evidence of pre- or post-entry differences in firm level productivity. This is a striking outcome, probably driven
by the extremely high openness of the Swedish economy.
JEL no. F14 |
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Keywords: | Exporting firm level productivity matching |
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