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1 online resource (29 pages) |
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IMF working paper ; WP/02/89 |
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IMF working paper ; WP/02/89.
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| Summary |
Analysis of firm-level panel data from three sub-Saharan African economies shows that exporting manufacturers have a total factor productivity premium of 11-28 percent. The data do not allow testing of whether these premiums are caused by selection of more efficient producers into exporting or by learning-by-exporting. By thinking about the mechanisms behind selectivity and learning, however, our finding of higher premiums for direct exporters and exporters to outside Africa could be interpreted as being consistent with learning-by-exporting effects. However, if learning-by-exporting is indeed present in the data, we cannot disentangle its effect on productivity from those of more traditionally recognized channels of international technology diffusion |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 28-29) |
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Exports -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Industrial productivity -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Competition -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Manufacturing industries -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Import substitution -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Competition.
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Exports.
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Import substitution.
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Industrial productivity.
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Manufacturing industries.
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Sub-Saharan Africa.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pattillo, Catherine
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International Monetary Fund. Research Department.
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