Exports and productivity of Russian firms: in search of causality |
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| Authors: | Fredrik Wilhelmsson Konstantin Kozlov |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of International Economics, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, C.J. Hambros plass 2D, Pb 8159 Dep, Oslo, 0033, Norway;(2) Centre for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), Nakhimovsky prospect 47, Office 920 & 720, Moscow, 117418, Russia |
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| Abstract: | This paper uses a census of Russian manufacturing firms to study the relationship between exports and productivity at the
firm level. The period studied, 1996–2002, implies that the results are affected by the Russian financial crisis of 1998.
Exporters are shown to be more productive and larger than non-exporters, seemingly an effect of more productive firms self-selecting
into the export market, rather than learning effects. But learning effects are significant among new entrants. Additionally,
in examining the effect of the direction of exports on productivity, the finding is that the difference in the productivity
level of firms exporting to the OECD and the CIS is insignificant.
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| Keywords: | Exports Productivity Learning-by-exporting Russia |
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