Grant Support and Exporting Activity
Eric Strobl (),
Görg, Holger and
Michael Henry
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Holger Görg
No 6054, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
Abstract:
This paper investigates whether government support can act to increase exporting activity. We use a uniquely rich data set on Irish manufacturing plants and employ an empirical strategy that combines a non-parametric matching procedure with a difference-in-differences estimator in order to deal with the potential selection problem inherent in the analysis. Our results suggest that if grants are large enough they can encourage already exporting firms to compete more effectively on the international market. However, there is little evidence that grants encourage non-exporters to start exporting.
Keywords: Difference-in-differences; Exporting; Propensity score matching; Subsidies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F2 H2 L2 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-01
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