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The Impact of Exporting on Firm Productivity: A Meta-Analysis

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Pedro S. Martins
Yong Yang

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We conduct a meta-analysis of more than 30 papers that study the causal relationship between exporting and firm productivity. Our results, robust to different specifications and to different weights for each observation, indicate that the impact of exporting upon productivity is higher 1) at developing economies (when compared to developed economies); 2) in the first year that firms start exporting (compared to later years); 3) with other estimators than OLS; and 4) when the sample used in the paper is not restricted to matched firms. Moreover, we find no evidence of publication bias.

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Paper provided by Queen Mary, University of London, School of Business and Management, Centre for Globalisation Research in its series Working Papers with number 6.

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Keywords: Productivity; Globalisation; Publication Bias;

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F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
F20 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - General

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