Learning to Export and Learning by Exporting: The Case of Ethiopian Manufacturing

Eyerusalem Siba and Mulu Gebreeyesus

No wp-2014-105, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: In this study, we investigate the relationship between exporting and firm performance using a longer panel dataset of Ethiopian manufacturing firms for the period 1996−2009. We test two hypotheses regarding exporting: selection into exporting versus learning by exporting. According to the selection into exporting hypothesis, more productive firms self-select into exporting due to high entry costs. The learning by exporting hypothesis, on the other hand, emphasizes that firms learn after entering into the export market.

Keywords: Corporations; Econometric models (Economic development); Industrial organization (Economic theory); Technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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