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The Timing of Learning by Exporting: An Empirical Investigation on Ethiopian Large and Medium Manufacturing Firms

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  • Zerihun Kelil Seid

    (CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Jimma University [Ethiopia])

  • Eric Avenel

    (CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Jemal Abafita

    (Jimma University [Ethiopia])

Abstract

This paper analyzes the link between export and total factor productivity using a large panel of Ethiopian large and medium manufacturing firms. Using a modified Olley and Pakes model with export for the prediction of total factor productivity and then matching and difference‐in‐difference techniques, evidence of both self‐selection and learning by exporting for Ethiopian manufacturing firms is found. The learning by exporting effect is shown to persist over time and start even before a firm actually exports, which presumably reflects the firm's efforts to meet the requirements of its newly acquired foreign client(s) before supplying them.

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  • Zerihun Kelil Seid & Eric Avenel & Jemal Abafita, 2025. "The Timing of Learning by Exporting: An Empirical Investigation on Ethiopian Large and Medium Manufacturing Firms," Post-Print hal-05299215, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05299215
    DOI: 10.1111/rode.70052
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