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

Gustavo Crespi, Chiara Criscuolo and Jonathan Haskel ()

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2008, vol. 41, issue 2, 619-638

Abstract: 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. Des études de cas suggèrent que les exportateurs apprennent beaucoup de leurs clients. Les résultats de l'analyse économique sont moins concluants. On utilise des données de panel au niveau de la firme à propos des activités d'exportation et de la productivité, ainsi que des informations directes sur les sources d'apprentissage, y compris les clients. On découvre que (a) les firmes qui ont exporté dans le passé sont davantage susceptibles d'apprendre le plus de leurs clients (par rapport aux autres sources); (b) les firmes qui ont appris de leurs clients dans le passé sont davantage susceptibles d'avoir une croissance de productivité plus rapide; (c) le contraire n'est pas le cas, i.e., qu'une croissance de productivité dans le passé n'est pas associée avec plus d'apprentissage des clients, et que l'apprentissage dans le passé n'est pas associéà davantage d'exportation. Voilà qui est compatible avec l'hypothèse de l'apprentissage‐par‐l'exportation.

Date: 2008
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