Understanding Cross-Country Differences in Exporter Premia: Comparable Evidence for 14 Countries

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Authors

  • Leonhard Pertl
  • Stefano Schiavo
  • Mirabelle Muuls
  • Mauro Pisu
  • Roberto Alvarez
  • Patricio Jaramillo
  • Ricardo A. Lopez
  • Johannes Van Biesebroeck
  • Loren Brandt
  • Yifan Zhang
  • Ana M. Fernandes
  • Alberto Isgut
  • Rasmus Jorgensen
  • Ulrich Kaiser
  • Flora Bellone
  • Liza Jabbour
  • Patrick Musso
  • Lionel Nesta
  • Davide Castellani
  • Francesco Serti
  • Chiara Tomasi
  • Antonello Zanfei

We use comparable micro level panel data for 14 countries and a set of identically specified empirical models to investigate the relationship between exports and productivity. Our overall results are in line with the big picture that is by now familiar from the literature: exporters are more productive than non-exporters when observed and unobserved heterogeneity is controlled for, and these exporter productivity premia tend to increase with the share of exports in total sales; there is evidence in favour of self-selection of more productive firms into export markets, but nearly no evidence in favour of the learning-by-exporting hypothesis. We document that the exporter premia differ considerably across countries in identically specified empirical models. In a meta-analysis of our results we find, consistent with theoretical predictions, that productivity premia are larger in countries with lower export participation rates, with more restrictive trade policies, lower per capita GDP, less effective government and worse regulatory quality, and in countries exporting to relatively more distant markets.

Original languageEnglish
JournalReview of World Economics
Volume144
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)596-635
Number of pages40
ISSN1610-2878
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.12.2008

    Research areas

  • Economics - Exports, International comparison, Micro data, Productivity

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