TY - UNPB

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 - 2014

Y1 - 2014

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 non-parametric 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 non-parametric 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 - productivity

KW - EFIGE data

KW - France

KW - Italy

KW - Spain

M3 - Working papers

T3 - University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics

BT - Exports, R&D and Productivity

PB - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg

CY - Lüneburg

ER -