The direction of causality between exports and firm performance: microeconomic evidence from Croatia using the matching approach

• Published in: Public sector economics Vol. 39; no. 1; p. 1
• Main Authors: Valdec, Miljana, Zrnc, Jurica
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Zagreb Institute of Public Finance 01.01.2015
• Subjects: Business metrics; Causality; Costs; Data models; Exports; Hypotheses; International trade; Investigations; Manufacturing; Market entry; Organizational learning; Productivity; Studies; Croatia

This paper contributes to the literature by using propensity score matching to test for causal effects of starting to export on firm performance in Croatian manufacturing firm-level data. The results confirm that exporters have characteristics superior to those of non-exporters. In the main sample s...