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Do African Manufacturing Firms Learn from Exporting? Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Arne Bigsten
Paul Collier
Stefan Dercon
Marcel Fafchamps
Bernard Gauthier
Jan Willem Gunning
Abena Oduro
Remco Oostendorp
Catherine Pattillo
Måns Söderbom
Francis Teal
Albert Zeufack
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We use firm-level panel data for the manufacturing sector in four African countries to investigate whether exporting impacts on efficiency, and whether efficient firms self-select into the export market. Based on simultaneous estimation of a production function and an export regression, our preferred results indicate significant efficiency gains from exporting, which can be interpreted as learning by exporting. We show that modelling unobserved heterogeneity by a flexible approach is important for deriving this conclusion. A policy implication of our results is that Africa would gain from orientating its manufacturing sector towards exporting.
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Volume (Year): 40 (2004)
Issue (Month): 3 (February)
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