High productivity before or after exports? An empirical analysis of Korean manufacturing firms

被引：20

作者：

Kim, Soo-Il ^{[1
]}

Gopinath, Munisamy ^{[2
]}

Kim, Hanho ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Govt Korea, Minist Food Agr Forestry & Fisheries, Seoul, South Korea

[2] Oregon State Univ, Dept Agr & Resource Econ, 213 Ballard Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA

[3] Seoul Natl Univ, Res Inst Agr & Life Sci, Dept Agr Econ & Rural Dev, Seoul, South Korea

来源：

JOURNAL OF ASIAN ECONOMICS | 2009年 / 20卷 / 04期

关键词：

Export decision; Korean manufacturing; Productivity and trade;

D O I：

10.1016/j.asieco.2009.02.012

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This study investigates whether exporting is a cause or an effect of high productivity of firms' in the Korean manufacturing industries. For this purpose, a panel database is assembled with 1335 firms from eight Korean manufacturing industries during 1997-2003. Evidence that high productivity causes exporting, referred to as self-selection, is found in three out of eight industries. However, we do not find support for the hypothesis that high productivity is affected by exporting, except in one industry. Sunk-cost or previous-export-experience effect on the current export status is statistically significant and robust across industries unlike that of firms' productivity and size. Published by Elsevier Inc.

引用

页码：410 / 418

页数：9

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