Exceptional Exporter Performance: Cause, Effect, or Both?

A growing body of empirical work has documented the superior performance characteristics of exporting plants and firms relative to non-exporters. Employment, shipments, wages, productivity and capital intensity are all higher at exporters at any given moment. This paper asks whether good firms become exporters or whether exporting improves firm performance.

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Year of publication:	1997
Authors:	Bernard, A.
Institutions:	Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Subject:	TRADE \| PRODUCTIVITY

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Series:	Working papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	31 pages
Classification:	F10 - Trade. General ; D21 - Firm Behavior ; L60 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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