"Learning by exporting refers to the mechanism whereby firms improve their performance (productivity) after entering … from a large internal inconsistency: they rely on an exogenous evolving productivity process. I show how recent proxy … estimators can accommodate endogenous productivity processes such as learning by exporting. I rely on my framework to discuss the …

Learning by exporting refers to the mechanism whereby firms improve their performance (productivity) after entering … from a large internal inconsistency: they rely on an exogenous evolving productivity process. I show how recent proxy … estimators can accommodate endogenous productivity processes such as learning by exporting. I rely on my framework to discuss the …

Learning by exporting refers to the mechanism whereby firms improve their performance (productivity) after entering … from a large internal inconsistency: they rely on an exogenous evolving productivity process. I show how recent proxy … estimators can accommodate endogenous productivity processes such as learning by exporting. I rely on my framework to discuss the …

period 1994-2000. Overall I find that export entrants become more productive once they start exporting. The productivity gap … and are robust to other controls that may be associated with increased productivity, such as private ownership. Using … information on the (firm-level) destination of exports, I find that the productivity gains are higher for firms exporting towards …