Performance of Exporters: Scale Effects or Continuous Productivity Improvements
Following along the lines of a growing literature on the causal link between exporting and productivity this paper analyzes the existence of 'learning-by-exporting'in Slovenian manufacturing between...
The Role of Financial Constraints on Foreign Markets
Recent research on the role of foreign activities and their impact on firm characteristics has, with few exceptions, confirmed the existence of persistently large differences between exporters and...
In the present paper, we augment the Fujita-Krugman-Venables (FKV) economic geography model by breaking the implied regional symmetry and by introducing a second factor of production, capital, in...
In search of true productivity differences
Recent work on production functions estimation revealed that substantial biases can be introduced into the estimates when the assumption of perfect competition and price exogeneity is not satisfied...
Exports and Productivity: Comparable Evidence for 14 Countries
Roberto Álvarez, Martin Andersson, Flora Bellone, Loren Brandt, Davide Castellani, Joze P. Damijan, ...
We use comparable micro level panel data for 14 countries and a set of identically specified empirical models to investigate the relationship between exports and productivity. Our overall results are...
Joze P. Damijan, Crt Kostevc, Saso Polanec
Firm productivity and export decision are closely related to its innovation ac- tivity. Product innovation may play a more important role in the decision to start exporting, while the decision for...
Joze P. Damijan, Crt Kostevc, Matija Rojec
The paper examines implications of endogenous growth theory on the relationship between firm productivity, innovation as well as productivity growth by combining information on firm-level innovation...
Performance on Exports: Continuous Productivity Improvements or Capacity Utilization
Following along the lines of a growing literature on the causal link between export- ing and productivity this paper analyzes the existence of flearning-by-exporting using frm-level data. The paper...
Traistaru-Siedschlag, Iulia, Murphy, Gavin, Schiffbauer, Marc, Petrakos, George, Resmini, Laura, Pitelis, Christos, ...
DYNREG
Knowledge Transfer, Innovation and Growth
Damijan, Jože P., Kostevc, Crt
Recent empirical work has examined the extent to which national and international spillovers affect the functioning of a firm. Foreign direct investment and trade have been shown to serve as channels...
Causal Link between Exporting and Innovation Activity. Evidence from Slovenian Firms
In this paper we investigate the causal relationship between firm's innovation and exporting activity by using detailed firm-level data on innovation activity, financial variables and information on...