Exporting and performance: evidence from Chilean plants
Roberto Alvarez and
Ricardo López Rago
Canadian Journal of Economics, 2005, vol. 38, issue 4, 1384-1400
Abstract:
Recent empirical evidence documents the superior characteristics of exporters relative to non-exporters. Three explanations for this phenomenon have been proposed: self-selection; learning-by-exporting; and conscious self-selection. We test these three hypotheses using plant-level data from Chile. We find that plants that enter international markets show superior initial performance compared with non-exporters, consistent with self-selection; we observe increases in productivity after plants begin to export, which is consistent with learning-by-exporting. We also find strong evidence supporting the idea that self-selection is a conscious process by which plants increase productivity with the purpose of becoming exporters.
JEL-codes: D21 F14 O54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (307)
Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0008-4085.2005.00329.x (text/html)
access restricted to subscribers
Related works:
Journal Article: Exporting and performance: evidence from Chilean plants (2005) 
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.
Export reference: BibTeX
RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan)
HTML/Text
Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cje:issued:v:38:y:2005:i:4:p:1384-1400
Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.economic ... ionen/membership.php
Access Statistics for this article
Canadian Journal of Economics is currently edited by Zhiqi Chen
More articles in Canadian Journal of Economics from Canadian Economics Association Canadian Economics Association Prof. Werrner Antweiler, Treasurer UBC Sauder School of Business 2053 Main Mall Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Prof. Werner Antweiler ().