Productivity, exporting, and the learning-by-exporting hypothesis: direct evidence from UK firms

Gustavo Crespi, Chiara Criscuolo and Jonathan Haskel ()

Canadian Journal of Economics, 2008, vol. 41, issue 2, 619-638

Abstract: Case studies suggest exporters learn from clients. Econometric evidence is mixed. We use firm-level panel data on exporting and productivity with direct information on learning sources, including clients. We find: (a) firms who exported in the past are likely to learn more from clients (relative to other sources); (b) firms who learned from clients in the past are more likely to have faster productivity growth; (c) the reverse is not the case; that is, past productivity growth is not associated with more learning from clients and past learning from clients is not associated with more exporting. These results are consistent with the learning-by-exporting hypothesis.

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Date: 2008
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