To export or not to export? The link between the exporter status of a firmand its technical efficiency in Russia’s manufacturing sector

N. Krasnopeeva (), E. Nazrullaeva (), Anatoly Peresetsky and E. Shchetinin ()

Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2016, issue 7

Abstract: Is it generally true that being an exporter for a firm is associated with a higher productivity? We study the relationship between firms’ export status and their technical efficiency in Russian manufacturing sector in 2004-2013 using the data from the Bureau van Dijk database “Ruslana”. To estimate the exporter status effect we apply two methods, both based on the stochastic frontier analysis. The first approach estimates the effect as the marginal effect of the exporter status on technical efficiency. The second approach is based on the propensity score matching of exporting firms with nonexporting firms. We obtain robust results which suggest that the relationship between the exporter status and technical efficiency is positive. In both cases the exporter status’ effect is up to 0.03 (3 p. p.).

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.32609/0042-8736-2016-7-123-146

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