Participation in Export Markets and Productivity of Plants in Los Angeles, 1987-1997

Sébastien Breau and David Rigby

Economic Geography, 2008, vol. 84, issue 1, 27-50

Abstract: This article investigates the relationship between the productivity of plants and participation in export markets in the greater Los Angeles area using unpublished plant-level data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Research Database. Two key questions are examined: (1) do plants that export learn in foreign markets and become more efficient, or (2) do more efficient plants self-select into export markets? The results support previous claims that more productive plants tend to self-select into export markets. Little support is found for the learning-by-exporting argument. The policy implications of these findings are discussed.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2008.tb00390.x

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