Firms´productivity and the export market: a nonparametric approach

Jose C. Fariñas () and Sonia Ruano
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Miguel A. Delgado ()

DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Estadística

Abstract: This paper examines total factor productivity differences between exporting and nonexporting firms. These differences are documented on the basis of a sample of Spanish manufacturing firms over the period 1991-1996 drawn from the ESEE. The paper also examines two complementary explanations for the superior productivity of exporting firms: 1) the market selection hypothesis, and 2) the learning hypothesis. Nonparametric tests are implemented for testing these hypothesis. Results indicate clearly higher levels of productivity for exporting firms than for non-exporting firms. Evidence favours the hypothesis of self-selection of more efficient firms into the export market. However there is little evidence that these efficiency gains are supportive of the learning-by-exporting hypothesis.

Keywords: Total; factor; productivity; Exports; Stochastic; dominance; nonparametric; tests (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-06
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