TY - JOUR

T1 - Understanding Cross-Country Differences in Exporter Premia

T2 - Comparable Evidence for 14 Countries

AU - Pertl, Leonhard

AU - Schiavo, Stefano

AU - Muuls, Mirabelle

AU - Pisu, Mauro

AU - Alvarez, Roberto

AU - Jaramillo, Patricio

AU - Lopez, Ricardo A.

AU - Van Biesebroeck, Johannes

AU - Brandt, Loren

AU - Zhang, Yifan

AU - Fernandes, Ana M.

AU - Isgut, Alberto

AU - Jorgensen, Rasmus

AU - Kaiser, Ulrich

AU - Bellone, Flora

AU - Jabbour, Liza

AU - Musso, Patrick

AU - Nesta, Lionel

AU - Fryges, Helmut

AU - Wagner, Joachim

AU - Castellani, Davide

AU - Serti, Francesco

AU - Tomasi, Chiara

AU - Zanfei, Antonello

N1 - Funding Information: Remark: The International Study Group on Exports and Productivity (ISGEP) consists of teams working with firm (establishment or enterprise) level data from 14 countries. Substantial contributions to the results reported in this paper were made by the following members of the teams: Austria (Leonhard Pertl, Stefano Schiavo), Belgium (Mirabelle Muuls, Mauro Pisu), Chile (Roberto Álvarez, Patricio Jaramillo, Ricardo A. López), China (Johannes Van Biesebroeck, Loren Brandt, Yifan Zhang), Colombia (Ana M. Fernandes, Alberto Isgut), Denmark (Rasmus Jørgensen, Ulrich Kaiser), France (Flora Bellone, Liza Jabbour, Patrick Musso, Lionel Nesta), Germany (Helmut Fryges, Joachim Wagner), Italy (Davide Castellani, Francesco Serti, Chiara Tomasi, Antonello Zanfei), Republic of Ireland (Stefanie A. Haller, Frances Ruane–The Irish contribution to this project is funded under a grant from the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences), Slovenia (Joze P. Damijan, Crt Kostevc, Saso Polanec), Spain (Jose C. Fariñas, Liza Jabbour, Juan A. Máñez, Ana Martin, Maria E. Rochina, Juan A. Sanchis), Sweden (Martin An-dersson, Sara Johansson), and the United Kingdom (David Greenaway, Richard Kneller, Mauro Pisu). Ana Fernandes, Holger Görg and Alberto Isgut contributed to the meta-analysis. Joachim Wagner co-ordinates the group and serves as the corresponding author for this international comparison paper. For an earlier version reporting a large number of more detailed empirical results see ISGEP (2007). Please address correspondence to Joachim Wagner, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Institute of Economics, Campus 4.210, D–21332 Lüneburg, Germany; e-mail: wagner@uni-lueneburg.de

PY - 2008/12/1

Y1 - 2008/12/1

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Economics

KW - Exports

KW - International comparison

KW - Micro data

KW - Productivity

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U2 - 10.1007/s10290-008-0163-y

DO - 10.1007/s10290-008-0163-y

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 144

SP - 596

EP - 635

JO - Review of World Economics

JF - Review of World Economics

SN - 1610-2878

IS - 4

ER -