CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Vovkanych, Ivan |
|---|---|
| Title | Is there evidence of learning from exporting in different manufacturing industries? |
| Summary | In this thesis I analyze the relationship between the performance of firms and exporting activity in manufacturing industries. There are a number of researches demonstrating evidence of better performance of exporters than non-exporters, as well as pre-selection for exporting, but only a few demonstrate evidence of learning by exporting. Most of the previous research concentrates on the aggregate manufacturing sector, while firms in different industries might demonstrate different behavior. In this thesis I use a panel of Hungarian manufacturing firms and fixed effects OLS to estimate the export premium, pre-selection for exporting, and gains or losses caused by starting exporting. I differentiate learning from exporting and other non-permanent beneficial effects and I investigate the connection between different firm behavior and industry-specific technological and knowledge intensities. I find evidence that exporting firms in all industries perform better than non-exporters, but there is heterogeneity in exporting effect on performance within different industries. I also find evidence that industries demonstrating learning from exporting are technology and knowledge intensive, but there is no causal effect of technology and knowledge intensity on firm behavior. |
| Supervisor | Koren Miklos |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/vovkanych_ivan.pdf |
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