Learning-by-exporting versus self-selection: New evidence for 19 sub-Saharan African countries |
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| Authors: | Neil Foster-McGregor Anders Isaksson Florian Kaulich |
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| Institution: | 1. United Nations University–Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), The Netherlands;2. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Austria;3. Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien), Austria |
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| Abstract: | We examine learning-by-exporting effects of manufacturing and services firms in 19 sub-Saharan African countries. Comparing several outlier-robust estimators, our results provide evidence for positive effects in the manufacturing sector when using the MM estimator, but not in the services sector. |
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| Keywords: | J24 F14 O55 |
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