Exports, R&D and productivity: A test of the Bustos-model with enterprise data from France, Italy and Spain
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Exports, R&D and productivity : A test of the Bustos-model with enterprise data from France, Italy and Spain. / Wagner, Joachim.
in: Economics Bulletin, Jahrgang 35, Nr. 1, 2015, S. 716-719.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
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T1 - Exports, R&D and productivity
T2 - A test of the Bustos-model with enterprise data from France, Italy and Spain
AU - Wagner, Joachim
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This paper uses comparable firm level data from France, Italy and Spain to test a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER 2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a nonparametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of firms with exports and R&D dominates that of exporters without R&D, which in turn dominates that of firms that neither export nor engage in R&D. These results are in line with findings for Argentina reported by Bustos, and with findings for Germany and Denmark. The model, therefore, seems to be useful to guide empirical work on the relation between exports, R&D and productivity.
AB - This paper uses comparable firm level data from France, Italy and Spain to test a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER 2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a nonparametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of firms with exports and R&D dominates that of exporters without R&D, which in turn dominates that of firms that neither export nor engage in R&D. These results are in line with findings for Argentina reported by Bustos, and with findings for Germany and Denmark. The model, therefore, seems to be useful to guide empirical work on the relation between exports, R&D and productivity.
KW - Economics
KW - exports
KW - R&D
KW - producitivity
KW - EFIGE data
KW - France
KW - Italy
KW - Spain
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AN - SCOPUS:84940039000
VL - 35
SP - 716
EP - 719
JO - Economics Bulletin
JF - Economics Bulletin
SN - 1545-2921
IS - 1
ER -