Why Learning by Exporting May Not Be As Common As You Think and What It Means for Policy
International trade economists are convinced that there is a two-way relationshipbetween productivity and exports – not only the most productive firmsself-select into export markets, but also exporters improve their technologydue to international expansion. In spite of this optimistic view, empirica...
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doaj-b063cad561f642bc8710e0599bf497342020-11-24T22:28:06ZengInternational School for Social and Business StudiesInternational Journal of Management, Knowledge and Learning2232-51072232-56972012-01-0112157172Why Learning by Exporting May Not Be As Common As You Think and What It Means for PolicyTomasz SerwachInternational trade economists are convinced that there is a two-way relationshipbetween productivity and exports – not only the most productive firmsself-select into export markets, but also exporters improve their technologydue to international expansion. In spite of this optimistic view, empirical studiesprovide only weak (if any) evidence on learning by exporting. This discrepancybetween theory and empirics is usually explained with methodologicalproblems. However, there are also some theoretical reasons why one maythink that learning by exporting is a wrong or highly limited hypothesis. Thepaper presents why learning by exporting may not happen and how policymakerscan stimulate learning from foreign markets (and hence economicgrowth).http://www.issbs.si/press/ISSN/2232-5697/1_157-172.pdflearningexportingheterogeneous firms |
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International trade economists are convinced that there is a two-way relationshipbetween productivity and exports – not only the most productive firmsself-select into export markets, but also exporters improve their technologydue to international expansion. In spite of this optimistic view, empirical studiesprovide only weak (if any) evidence on learning by exporting. This discrepancybetween theory and empirics is usually explained with methodologicalproblems. However, there are also some theoretical reasons why one maythink that learning by exporting is a wrong or highly limited hypothesis. Thepaper presents why learning by exporting may not happen and how policymakerscan stimulate learning from foreign markets (and hence economicgrowth). |
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