Exporting and productivity in business services: Evidence from the United States Export

@article{citeulike:5844747, abstract = {Does exporting make firms more productive, or do more productive firms choose to become exporters? This paper considers the link between exporting and productivity for a sample of firms in US business services. We find that larger, more productive firms are more likely to become exporters, but that these factors do not necessarily influence the extent of exporting. This conforms with previous literature that there is a self-selection effect into exporting. We then test for the effect of exporting on productivity levels after allowing for this selection effect. We model both the relationship between exporting and productivity, and a simultaneous relationship between export intensity and productivity after allowing for selection bias. In both cases we find an association, indicating that productivity is positively linked both to exporting and to increased exposure to international markets.}, author = {Love, James H. and Mansury, Mica A.}, citeulike-article-id = {5844747}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.08.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0969593109001164}, day = {24}, doi = {10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.08.002}, issn = {09695931}, journal = {International Business Review}, keywords = {business, evidence, exporting, productivity, services, states, united}, month = {December}, number = {6}, pages = {630--642}, posted-at = {2009-11-01 17:14:06}, priority = {3}, title = {Exporting and productivity in business services: Evidence from the United States}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.08.002}, volume = {18}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5844747 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5844747 N2 - Does exporting make firms more productive, or do more productive firms choose to become exporters? This paper considers the link between exporting and productivity for a sample of firms in US business services. We find that larger, more productive firms are more likely to become exporters, but that these factors do not necessarily influence the extent of exporting. This conforms with previous literature that there is a self-selection effect into exporting. We then test for the effect of exporting on productivity levels after allowing for this selection effect. We model both the relationship between exporting and productivity, and a simultaneous relationship between export intensity and productivity after allowing for selection bias. In both cases we find an association, indicating that productivity is positively linked both to exporting and to increased exposure to international markets. IS - 6 JF - International Business Review SN - 09695931 EP - 642 TI - Exporting and productivity in business services: Evidence from the United States VL - 18 SP - 630 KW - business KW - evidence KW - exporting KW - productivity KW - services KW - states KW - united AU - Love, James AU - Mansury, Mica PY - 2009/12/24/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.08.002 ER -