dc.contributor.author
Cilekoglu, Akin A.
dc.date.issued
2023-06-26T08:56:50Z
dc.date.issued
2023-06-26T08:56:50Z
dc.identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/2445/199861
dc.description.abstract
This paper examines the role of export destinations on firm upgrading. I exploit the real effective exchange rate devaluation in Spain during the Great Recession to identify the unusual export performance of manufacturing firms. Using directly observable measures of firm upgrading, I find that increased share of exports to low-income destinations in sales reduced productivity and upgrading efforts of firms. However, real effective exchange rate devaluation did not affect the share of exports to high-income destinations in sales as well as productivity and upgrading efforts. The results are consistent with the quality sorting hypothesis that suggests a positive relationship between firm productivity and product quality. The findings in this paper emphasize that export market destination is an important determinant in analysing the gains from exportin
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application/pdf
dc.publisher
Universitat de Barcelona. Facultat d'Economia i Empresa
dc.relation
Reproducció del document publicat a: https://www.ub.edu/irea/working_papers/2023/202306.pdf
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IREA – Working Papers, 2023, IR23/06
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AQR – Working Papers, 2023, AQR23/03
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[WP E-IR23/06]
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[WP E-AQR23/03]
dc.rights
cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Cilekoglu, 2023
dc.rights
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source
Documents de treball (Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA))
dc.subject
Indústria manufacturera
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Manufacturing industries
dc.title
Export Destination and Firm Upgrading: Evidence from Spain
dc.type
info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper