10.17889/E109503V1
Roberts, Mark J.
Aw, Bee Yan
Xu, Daniel Yi
Replication data for: R&D Investment, Exporting, and Productivity Dynamics
ICPSR Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
2010
10.1257/aer.101.4.1312
10.1257/aer.101.4.1312
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This paper estimates a dynamic structural model of a producer's
decision to invest in R&D and export, allowing both choices to endogenously
affect the future path of productivity. Using plant-level data
for the Taiwanese electronics industry, both activities are found to
have a positive effect on the plant's future productivity. This in turn
drives more plants to self-select into both activities, contributing to
further productivity gains. Simulations of an expansion of the export
market are shown to increase both exporting and R&D investment
and generate a gradual within-plant productivity improvement. (JEL
D24, F14, G31, L63, O31, O33)