Abstract
We argue that the positive association found between firm productivity and exports in the literature relates to the firm's innovation decisions. Using a panel of Spanish manufacturing firms we find strong evidence that product innovation - and not process innovation - affects productivity and induces small non-exporting firms to enter the export market.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 372-376 |
| Journal | International Journal of Industrial Organization |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |