Export Status and Performance in a Panel of Italian Manufacturing Firms

Vito Amendolagine, Rosa Capolupo () and Nadia Petragallo
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Vito Amendolagine: University of Bari
Rosa Capolupo: University of Bari
Nadia Petragallo: University of Bari

No 27, SERIES from Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza - Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Abstract: Following a growing literature we test, in this paper, the two alternative hypotheses of self selection and learning by exporting across different Italian manufacturing firms. Using matched sampling techniques, we estimate whether new export-oriented firms are more efficient than domestically-oriented firms on the basis of three Italian representative Surveys of manufacturing firms covering consecutive triennial periods (1995-2003). Our findings indicate that export entrants improve their productivity in the first period after entry. This occurs for both total factor productivity (TFP) and labour productivity growth rates. These results are consistent with those found in the existing literature for many countries. The only lasting significant effect that we find among the different measures of performances is that new exporters earn higher profits than their domestic counterparts.

Keywords: international trade; Export-led growth; productivity; matched techniques (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 F11 F14 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 786
Date: 2010-01, Revised 2010-01
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