Exports and productivity of Russian firms: in search of causality

Abstract

Exports, Productivity, Learning-by-exporting, Russia, D24, F14,

International Trade and Firm Performance: A Survey of Empirical Studies since 2006

“…(1) The number of export markets served increases with productivity (2) Exporters to more developed economies have superior ex-ante productivity levels than non-exporters and firms exporting to less developed countries (Belgium -Pisu (2008); Italy - Serti and Tomasi (2009); Slovenia - Damijan, Polanec and Prasnikar (2004), Damijan and Kostevc (2006), De Loecker (2007), Kostevc (2008); Portugal -Silva, Afonso and Africano (2010a); Russia - Wilhelmsson and Kozlov (2007); Spain -Blanes-Cristobal, Dovis, Milgram-Baleix and Moro-Egido (2007)).…”

International trade and firm performance: a survey of empirical studies since 2006

“…4 below. they tend to be present for firms exporting to high income/advanced countries (Belgium-Pisu (2008) reports no effect irrespective of development level of destination countries; Japan-Yashiro and Hirano (2009) find only exporters serving worldwide enjoyed significant advantage in productivity growth; Portugal- Silva et al (2010b) report no learning effects for firms that export to non-developed countries only but fast effects for exporters only to EU countries; Russia- Wilhelmsson and Kozlov (2007) find inconclusive evidence for learning-by-exporting; Slovenia- Damijan et al (2004) state that exporters can benefit from exporting through learning and competition effects only when serving more demanding advanced markets; De Loecker (2007) finds that firms exporting only to low income regions get additional productivity gains that are lower than in firms exporting to high income countries; and Kostevc (2009) states that evidence of the learning process is not conclusive).…”

Participation of fast-growing SMEs in international trade and implications for public policy

“…Наконец, важно обратить внимание на связь экспортной деятельности фирм с уровнем производительности. В современной литературе имеется немалое число свидетельств более высокой производительности экспортеров (в том числе основанных на российских данных (Wilhelmsson, Kozlov, 2007;Кадочников, Федюнина, 2017)), что объясняется как самоотбором, так и наличием эффекта обучения от экспорта (подробнее об этом см. (Greenaway, Kneller;).…”