Firm exporting and productivity: what if productivity is no longer a black box

Artikel

This paper uses Vietnamese firm-level data to examine the relationship between firm productivity and exporting. In particular, this paper shows that more productive firms are more likely than less productive firms to export, consistent with the extensive prior literature. However, this paper finds no evidence that exporting affects productivity, which can be decomposed into technical efficiency change, technological progress, and scale change. Thus, the findings support a large role of self-selection in accounting for export decision, but little gain from learning-by-exporting in the case of Vietnamese Small medium sized enterprises (SMEs). These findings imply that export promotion policies may not be effective unless accompanied by strategies to help SMEs become more productive.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Baltic Journal of Economics ; ISSN: 2334-4385 ; Volume: 16 ; Year: 2016 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 95-113 ; London: Taylor & Francis

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
• Subject: Exports ; productivity ; SMEs ; Vietnam

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Vu, Huong Van ; Holmes, Mark ; Tran, Tuyen Quang ; Lim, Steven
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Taylor & Francis
• (where): London
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1080/1406099X.2016.1187382
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/180091
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET