Export Behavior and Firm Productivity in German Manufacturing: A Firm-Level Analysis

Arnold, Jens Matthias; Hussinger, Katrin

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“…The positive sign of the estimated parameter for the productivity variable reported in Columns (2) and (3) which is statistically significant at the 1% level, means that a higher level of productivity is positively related to the probability of exporting. This result is in line with the main prediction of the Melitz (2003) model concerning the positive nexus between productivity and the probability of exporting.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Almost 60% of surveys of firms in every country were conducted in 2013. 2 This means that all the data should be treated as a cross-sectional sample and that the application of panel data analysis is not possible. 3 Similarly, due to data limitations, it is also not possible to fully address the potential problem of endogeneity for some of our explanatory variables.…”

Section: Research Methodology and Data Setmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Determinants of Export Performance of Firms in Selected MENA Countries: Comparison with CEE Countries, Israel and Turkey

Cieślik

Michałek

Tovias

2017

Central European Economic Journal

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Abstract:In this paper, we study the export performance determinants of firms in selected MENA countries, both jointly and separately, as well as compare them with the performance of firms from countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The analysis is based on information about individual firms found in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and World Bank Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) V database, covering the period 2011-2014. We estimate the probability of exports, while controlling for country-and sector-specific effects, using the probit model. We find that, in both groups of countries, similar variables affect firm export performance. Our empirical results obtained for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and CEE countries indicate that the probability of exporting is positively related to the level of productivity, firm size, spending on research and development (R&D), the share of university graduates in productive employment and the internationalization of firms. State ownership and the perception of corruption by firms are mostly not statistically significant. The results obtained for the two groups of countries are statistically not very different, but enough to have some policy implications, while results for particular countries and subgroups of countries reveal a large degree of heterogeneity.

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Section: Estimation Resultsmentioning

confidence: 90%

Section: Research Methodology and Data Setmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Determinants of Export Performance of Firms in Selected MENA Countries: Comparison with CEE Countries, Israel and Turkey

Cieślik

Michałek

Tovias

2017

Central European Economic Journal

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“…Some studies do indeed find a positive link between exporting and productivity (Baldwin and Gu 2004;Van Biesebroeck 2005;Aw et al 2007;Love and Mansury 2009). However, others find no evidence of such effects (Bernard and Jensen 1995Castellani 2002;Greenaway et al 2005;Arnold and Hussinger 2005). Part of the reason for this lies in the likelihood of a self-selection mechanism.…”

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Learning by exporting: Lessons from high-technology SMEs

Love

Ganotakis

2013

International Business Review

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Theory points to the existence of a 'learning by exporting effect', in which exposure to export markets enhances performance through exposure to the knowledge stocks of trading partners. We investigate the learning by exporting hypothesis by examining the effect of exporting on the subsequent innovation performance of UK high-tech SMEs. We find evidence of learning by exporting, but the pattern of this effect is relatively complex. Exporting helps high-tech SMEs innovate subsequently, but does not make them more innovation intensive. There is also evidence that it is consistent exposure to export markets that helps firms overcome the innovation hurdle, but that there is a positive scale effect of exposure to export markets which allows innovative firms to sell more of their new-to-market products on entering export markets. Service sector firms are able to reap the benefits of exposure to export markets at an earlier (entry) stage of the internationalization process than are manufacturing firms. Firms producing a rapidly changing portfolio of innovative products exhibit higher 'churn' in terms of entry to and exit from export markets than low-intensity innovators, and this is reflected in the effects of entry and exit into and out of such markets.

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“…From the analysis he concludes that firm that start exporting grow faster but there is no effect of exporting on labor productivity. Arnold and Hussinger (2005) use CIS data to match German exporters and non-exporters on total factor productivity, size, R&D expenditure, new product development, and wages levels, but find no gains in productivity from exporting. In related work, Girma et al (2004) use a difference-in-difference approach based on propensity score matching on size, ownership and wage levels to account for selection into exporting of British firms.…”

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The Effects of Internationalization on Innovation: Firm-Level Evidence for Transition Economies

Boermans

Roelfsema

2014

Open Econ Rev

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It is well-documented that international enterprises are more productive. Only few studies have explored the effect of internationalization on productivity and innovation at the firm-level. Using propensity score matching we analyze the causal effects of internationalization on innovation in 10 transition economies. We distinguish between three types of internationalization: exporting, FDI, and international outsourcing. We find that internationalization causes higher levels of innovation. More specifically, we show that (i) exporting results in more R&D, higher sales from product innovation, and an increase in the number of international patents (ii) outward FDI increases R&D and international patents (iii) international outsourcing leads to higher sales from product innovation. The paper provides empirical support to the theoretical literature on heterogeneous firms in international trade that argues that middle income countries gain from trade liberalization through increases in firm productivity and innovative capabilities.

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Export Behavior and Firm Productivity in German Manufacturing: A Firm-Level Analysis

Cited by 264 publications

References 36 publications

The Determinants of Export Performance of Firms in Selected MENA Countries: Comparison with CEE Countries, Israel and Turkey

The Determinants of Export Performance of Firms in Selected MENA Countries: Comparison with CEE Countries, Israel and Turkey

Learning by exporting: Lessons from high-technology SMEs

The Effects of Internationalization on Innovation: Firm-Level Evidence for Transition Economies

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