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Export Participation and Technical Efficiency in East African Manufacturing Firms
Niringiye Aggrey, Luvanda Eliab and Shitundu Joseph
Corresponding Author: Niringiye Aggrey
Submitted: 2010 January, 16
Accepted: 2010 January, 28
Published: 2010 March, 10 |
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The study analyzed two explanations for the positive association between export-participation status
and efficiency, i.e., self-selection of the relatively more efficient firms into exporting, and learning-byexporting.
Measures of firm-level efficiency using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) were estimated to
investigate the relationship between export participation and firm-level efficiency. As a result of the binary
nature of the export participation, probit technique w as used to estimate the export participation equation. No
evidence of self-selection by the relatively more efficient firms into-exporting was found, as lagged efficiency
does not affect the probability of exporting in East African manufacturing firms. One explanation is that factors
other than technical efficiency may be playing a more prominent role as determinants of the export decision
in East African manufacturing firms.
Key words: Learning by exporting, self-selection, technical efficiency, , , ,
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Niringiye Aggrey, Luvanda Eliab and Shitundu Joseph, . Export Participation and Technical Efficiency in East African Manufacturing Firms. Current Research Journal of Economic Theory, (2): Page No: 62-68.
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ISSN (Online): 2042-485X
ISSN (Print): 2042-4841 |
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