Liu, Mengxiao; Wang, Luhang; Yi, Yimin - 2023
model incorporating firm export, quality innovation, and cost innovation decisions. Using plant-level data from the Chinese … electronics industry, quality innovation, cost innovation, and export are found to increase next-period firm productivity by 3 ….51%, 1.97%, and 1.05%, respectively. Interestingly, cost innovation emerges as a stronger complement to export than quality …