TY - UNPB
T1 - Importing, Exporting and the Productivity of Services Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa
AU - Foster-McGregor, Neil
AU - Isaksson, Anders
AU - Kaulich, Florian
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - We examine productivity differences between trading and non-trading firms in the services sector using data on a sample of 19 sub-Saharan African firms. A variety of parametric and nonparametric tests are implemented in order to examine whether exporters, importers and two-way traders perform better than non-traders, and whether there are differences in performance between different types of trading firms. Our results indicate that services firms that are engaged in international trade perform significantly better than those firms that trade on the domestic market only. Two-way traders and exporters only are found to perform better than importers only, with no significant difference in performance found between two-way traders and exporters only.
AB - We examine productivity differences between trading and non-trading firms in the services sector using data on a sample of 19 sub-Saharan African firms. A variety of parametric and nonparametric tests are implemented in order to examine whether exporters, importers and two-way traders perform better than non-traders, and whether there are differences in performance between different types of trading firms. Our results indicate that services firms that are engaged in international trade perform significantly better than those firms that trade on the domestic market only. Two-way traders and exporters only are found to perform better than importers only, with no significant difference in performance found between two-way traders and exporters only.
UR - https://www.unido.org/fileadmin/user_media_upgrade/What_we_do/Topics/Business__investment_and_technology_services/Foreign_Exposure_and_Productivity_in_Services__Firms_FINAL_AI.pdf
M3 - Working/Discussion Paper
T3 - BIT Working Paper
BT - Importing, Exporting and the Productivity of Services Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa
ER -