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This paper investigates interactions between exporting and productivity at the firm level, using a panel of firms in the UK chemical industry. This is both highly technology intensive and the UK’s largest exporting sector. We find exporters are more productive than non-exporters, but are also on average smaller. This superior productivity performance among exporters appears to be caused by both self-selection and learning-by-exporting effects. In contrast to other studies, we find learning effects are significantly positive among new entrants, weaker for more experienced exporters and negative for established exporters. JEL no. F14, D21, L65
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Greenaway, D., Yu, Z. Firm-level interactions between exporting and productivity: Industry-specific evidence. Rev World Econ 140, 376–392 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02665981
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