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Export Performance and Destination Characteristics of Irish Manufacturing Industry

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Recent research has sought to explore whether exporting enterprises have superior performance characteristics relative to non-exporters, and whether such superiority is associated with performance pre- and/or post-exporting. This paper extends existing research by examining the influence of export market destination on firm performance. It explores these issues using micro data on Irish manufacturing between 1991 and 1998, a time period during which Ireland experienced rapid export-driven growth. The study provides further evidence of the superior characteristics of exporters relative to non-exporters and supports the self-selection hypothesis that superior enterprises are more likely to export. We find export destination matters: the performance characteristics of enterprises that export globally differ from those that export locally.

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  1. Institute for International Integration Studies at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

    Frances Ruane

  2. School of Economics, University of Wollongong, Australia

    Julie Sutherland

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Ruane, F., Sutherland, J. Export Performance and Destination Characteristics of Irish Manufacturing Industry. Rev. World Econ. 141, 442–459 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-005-0038-4

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