Does Export Experience Improve Firms' Productivity? Evidence from Indonesia.
Once a firm enters a foreign market, its productivity should increase thanks to the exposure to new knowledge and experience abroad. We test this hypothesis of 'learning-by-exporting' by scrutinising export experience while controlling for self-selection effect. To measure learning, previous studies...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Development Studies Vol. 57; no. 12; pp. 2156 - 2177 |
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Dec 2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=153408113&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 153408113 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00220388 JDS jtl: Journal of Development Studies issn: 00220388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec 2021 vid: 57 iid: 12 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 153408113 10.1080/00220388.2021.1965126 ppf: 2156 ppct: 21 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T db: hlh ui: 153408113 – @attributes: type: P db: hlh ui: 153408113 tig: atl: Does Export Experience Improve Firms' Productivity? Evidence from Indonesia. aug: au: Pane, Deasy D. Patunru, Arianto A. affil: National Development Planning Agency, Republic of Indonesia Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia su: Indonesia Access to information Motor vehicles Industrial productivity International markets Exports sug: subj: Access to information Motor vehicles Industrial productivity International markets Indonesia Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers Recreational and other motor vehicles merchant wholesalers Automobile and Other Motor Vehicle Merchant Wholesalers Exports keyword: export experience learning-by-exporting productivity export experience learning-by-exporting productivity ab: Once a firm enters a foreign market, its productivity should increase thanks to the exposure to new knowledge and experience abroad. We test this hypothesis of 'learning-by-exporting' by scrutinising export experience while controlling for self-selection effect. To measure learning, previous studies rely on productivity before- and after exporting, or on previous export participation, and so do not consider the evolving experience of exporting firms. In contrast, we use 'export age' – the number of years a firm is engaged in exporting activities. Based on Indonesian firm-level data from 2000 to 2012, we find that exporter's productivity increases with export age, but the effect decreases once the firm becomes more experienced. Such effect is larger for relatively bigger firms and for those in certain industries in the footloose, capital-intensive sectors, such as motor vehicles and chemicals production. A policy implication of our study is that easier export procedure and access to information about foreign markets will be beneficial for firms, especially the new exporters. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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