Do Domestic Firms Learn How to Export From Multinationals? And Does Exporting Increase Productivity? A Microeconometric Analysis of Matched Firms Presented by Gilbert Mbara and Elizabeth Rivard

Channels for Export Spillovers Information externalities Demonstration effects Competition effects

Conclusions: Do domestic firms learn to export from multinationals? Yes Presence of foreign MNEs influences export orientation of domestic firms Main channel is competition

Conclusions-Does Exporting Increase Productivity? Exporters are larger and more productive than non-exporters Exporters self-select Exporting may boost productivity

Results from Other Research FDI and R&D have a positive impact on the productivity of domestic firms; FDI, local technology purchase, and outward foreign investment are substitutes to R&D activity (Taiwan) Other papers found that there was not a strong positive relationship between FDI and positive spillovers

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