Learning to Export : Evidence from Moroccan Manufacturing
The authors test two alternative models of learning to export: productivity learning, whereby firms learn to reduce production cost, and, market learning, whereby firms learn to design products that appeal to foreign consumers. Using panel, and cross-section data on Moroccan manufacturers, the authors uncover evidence of market learning, but little evidence of productivity learning. These findings are consistent with the concentration of Moroccan manufacturing exports in consumer items - the garment, textile, and leather sectors. It is the young firms that export. Most do so immediately after creation. The authors also find that, among exporters, new products are exported very rapidly after production has begun. The share of exported output nevertheless, increases for 2-3 years after a new product is introduced. Old firms are unlikely to switch to exports, even in response to changes in macroeconomic incentives. The authors find a positive relationship between exports, and productivity, and conclude that it is the result of self-selection: it is the more productive firms that move into exports. Policy implications are discussed.
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dig-okr-10986139952021-04-23T14:03:20Z Learning to Export : Evidence from Moroccan Manufacturing Fafchamps, Marcel El Hamine, Said Zeufack, Albert MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT MANUFACTURED EXPORTS MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTION COSTS MARKET ANALYSIS FOREIGN ENTERPRISES CONSUMER DEMAND MARKET POTENTIAL TEXTILES LEATHER GOODS MACROECONOMIC POLICY EXPORT INCENTIVES POLICY FRAMEWORK COMMERCE COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMERS COST EFFECTIVENESS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIES OF SCOPE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORT EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FIXED COSTS FOREIGN COMPETITION FUTURE RESEARCH IMPORTS INFANT INDUSTRY ARGUMENT INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MACROECONOMICS MARKET CONDITIONS MARKETING MINES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES QUOTAS RANGE RETURNS TO SCALE ROUTE SALES SPREAD SUNK COSTS SWITCH TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TOTAL SALES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSACTION COSTS UPPER The authors test two alternative models of learning to export: productivity learning, whereby firms learn to reduce production cost, and, market learning, whereby firms learn to design products that appeal to foreign consumers. Using panel, and cross-section data on Moroccan manufacturers, the authors uncover evidence of market learning, but little evidence of productivity learning. These findings are consistent with the concentration of Moroccan manufacturing exports in consumer items - the garment, textile, and leather sectors. It is the young firms that export. Most do so immediately after creation. The authors also find that, among exporters, new products are exported very rapidly after production has begun. The share of exported output nevertheless, increases for 2-3 years after a new product is introduced. Old firms are unlikely to switch to exports, even in response to changes in macroeconomic incentives. The authors find a positive relationship between exports, and productivity, and conclude that it is the result of self-selection: it is the more productive firms that move into exports. Policy implications are discussed. 2013-06-18T20:53:42Z 2013-06-18T20:53:42Z 2002-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/04/1765897/learning-export-evidence-moroccan-manufacturing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13995 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2827 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Morocco |
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MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT MANUFACTURED EXPORTS MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTION COSTS MARKET ANALYSIS FOREIGN ENTERPRISES CONSUMER DEMAND MARKET POTENTIAL TEXTILES LEATHER GOODS MACROECONOMIC POLICY EXPORT INCENTIVES POLICY FRAMEWORK COMMERCE COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMERS COST EFFECTIVENESS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIES OF SCOPE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORT EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FIXED COSTS FOREIGN COMPETITION FUTURE RESEARCH IMPORTS INFANT INDUSTRY ARGUMENT INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MACROECONOMICS MARKET CONDITIONS MARKETING MINES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES QUOTAS RANGE RETURNS TO SCALE ROUTE SALES SPREAD SUNK COSTS SWITCH TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TOTAL SALES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSACTION COSTS UPPER MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT MANUFACTURED EXPORTS MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTION COSTS MARKET ANALYSIS FOREIGN ENTERPRISES CONSUMER DEMAND MARKET POTENTIAL TEXTILES LEATHER GOODS MACROECONOMIC POLICY EXPORT INCENTIVES POLICY FRAMEWORK COMMERCE COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMERS COST EFFECTIVENESS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIES OF SCOPE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORT EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FIXED COSTS FOREIGN COMPETITION FUTURE RESEARCH IMPORTS INFANT INDUSTRY ARGUMENT INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MACROECONOMICS MARKET CONDITIONS MARKETING MINES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES QUOTAS RANGE RETURNS TO SCALE ROUTE SALES SPREAD SUNK COSTS SWITCH TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TOTAL SALES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSACTION COSTS UPPER |
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MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT MANUFACTURED EXPORTS MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTION COSTS MARKET ANALYSIS FOREIGN ENTERPRISES CONSUMER DEMAND MARKET POTENTIAL TEXTILES LEATHER GOODS MACROECONOMIC POLICY EXPORT INCENTIVES POLICY FRAMEWORK COMMERCE COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMERS COST EFFECTIVENESS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIES OF SCOPE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORT EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FIXED COSTS FOREIGN COMPETITION FUTURE RESEARCH IMPORTS INFANT INDUSTRY ARGUMENT INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MACROECONOMICS MARKET CONDITIONS MARKETING MINES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES QUOTAS RANGE RETURNS TO SCALE ROUTE SALES SPREAD SUNK COSTS SWITCH TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TOTAL SALES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSACTION COSTS UPPER MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT MANUFACTURED EXPORTS MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTION COSTS MARKET ANALYSIS FOREIGN ENTERPRISES CONSUMER DEMAND MARKET POTENTIAL TEXTILES LEATHER GOODS MACROECONOMIC POLICY EXPORT INCENTIVES POLICY FRAMEWORK COMMERCE COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMERS COST EFFECTIVENESS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIES OF SCOPE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORT EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FIXED COSTS FOREIGN COMPETITION FUTURE RESEARCH IMPORTS INFANT INDUSTRY ARGUMENT INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MACROECONOMICS MARKET CONDITIONS MARKETING MINES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES QUOTAS RANGE RETURNS TO SCALE ROUTE SALES SPREAD SUNK COSTS SWITCH TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TOTAL SALES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSACTION COSTS UPPER Fafchamps, Marcel El Hamine, Said Zeufack, Albert Learning to Export : Evidence from Moroccan Manufacturing |
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The authors test two alternative models
of learning to export: productivity learning, whereby firms
learn to reduce production cost, and, market learning,
whereby firms learn to design products that appeal to
foreign consumers. Using panel, and cross-section data on
Moroccan manufacturers, the authors uncover evidence of
market learning, but little evidence of productivity
learning. These findings are consistent with the
concentration of Moroccan manufacturing exports in consumer
items - the garment, textile, and leather sectors. It is the
young firms that export. Most do so immediately after
creation. The authors also find that, among exporters, new
products are exported very rapidly after production has
begun. The share of exported output nevertheless, increases
for 2-3 years after a new product is introduced. Old firms
are unlikely to switch to exports, even in response to
changes in macroeconomic incentives. The authors find a
positive relationship between exports, and productivity, and
conclude that it is the result of self-selection: it is the
more productive firms that move into exports. Policy
implications are discussed. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT MANUFACTURED EXPORTS MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTION COSTS MARKET ANALYSIS FOREIGN ENTERPRISES CONSUMER DEMAND MARKET POTENTIAL TEXTILES LEATHER GOODS MACROECONOMIC POLICY EXPORT INCENTIVES POLICY FRAMEWORK COMMERCE COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMERS COST EFFECTIVENESS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIES OF SCOPE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORT EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FIXED COSTS FOREIGN COMPETITION FUTURE RESEARCH IMPORTS INFANT INDUSTRY ARGUMENT INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MACROECONOMICS MARKET CONDITIONS MARKETING MINES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES QUOTAS RANGE RETURNS TO SCALE ROUTE SALES SPREAD SUNK COSTS SWITCH TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TOTAL SALES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSACTION COSTS UPPER |
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Fafchamps, Marcel El Hamine, Said Zeufack, Albert |
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Fafchamps, Marcel El Hamine, Said Zeufack, Albert |
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Fafchamps, Marcel |
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Learning to Export : Evidence from Moroccan Manufacturing |
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Learning to Export : Evidence from Moroccan Manufacturing |
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Learning to Export : Evidence from Moroccan Manufacturing |
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Learning to Export : Evidence from Moroccan Manufacturing |
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Learning to Export : Evidence from Moroccan Manufacturing |
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learning to export : evidence from moroccan manufacturing |
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World Bank, Washington D.C. |
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2002-04 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/04/1765897/learning-export-evidence-moroccan-manufacturing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13995 |
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