Is Exporting Improve the Performance of Plant?« Evidence from Iranian Industrial Exporters»

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Heidari, Mostafa | 2015

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 47073 (44)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Management and Economics
Advisor(s): Madanizadeh, Ali
Abstract:
The purpose of this research is compare some indicators of size, performance and productivity between exporter and non-exporter plants. For this purpose and, to answer questions of research we use from the industrial plants dataset (1382_1390). We obtain some stylized facts from the dataset then test evidence from data with econometric methods. In this dataset there are information about property, management, sales (domestic/foreign), inputs (domestic/foreign) and information about labor force, capital, investment of plant and many other variety information about plant. The results of my research show that always exporter in most measures of performance, size and productivity advantages relative to non-exporter. Also exporters in the direction of entering the export market experience considerable growth in size and performance, and exporter productivity have experience lower growth relative to size and performance. The industrial plants in the continued presence in export markets have modest growth in size and performance measures of plants, also, no significant growth of productivity or negative growth sometimes in comparison with the rest of plants
Keywords:
Performance ; Employment ; Productivity Analysis ; Industrial Exporters

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