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- Title
WHAT'S BEHIND THE FIGURES? QUANTIFYING THE CROSS‐COUNTRY EXPORTER PRODUCTIVITY GAP.
- Authors
Kiyota, Kozo; Matsuura, Toshiyuki; Nesta, Lionel
- Abstract
We present a simple framework that allows us to examine the cross‐country exporter productivity gap without accessing confidential firm‐level data. This gap depends on the three readily available statistics: the productivity gap between two countries; the export participation rates; and export premia. This gap holds irrespective of the distribution underlying firm productivity and irrespective of the presence of fixed costs. Under specific conditions, allocative efficiency may affect the exporter productivity gap. The empirical analysis globally validates this exercise.
- Subjects
EXPORTS; OVERHEAD costs; ALLOCATIVE efficiency (Economics); PRODUCTION (Economic theory); BUSINESS enterprises
- Publication
Economic Inquiry, 2019, Vol 57, Issue 3, p1256
- ISSN
0095-2583
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ecin.12769