期刊名称：Discussion Paper / Département des Sciences Économiques de l'Université Catholique de Louvain
印刷版ISSN：1379-244X
出版年度：2009
卷号：1
出版社：Université catholique de Louvain
摘要：Using data from the Community Innovation Survey for Belgium in two consecutive periods,
this paper explores the relationship between firm-level innovation activities and the
propensity to start exporting. To measure innovation, we include indicators of both innovative
effort (R&D activities) as well as innovative output (product and process innovation). Our
results suggest that the combination of product and process innovation, rather than either of
the two in isolation, increases a firm’s probability to enter the export market. After controlling
for potential endogeneity of the innovation activities, only firms with a sufficiently high
probability to start exporting engage in product and process innovation prior to their entry on
the export market, pointing to the importance of self-selection into innovation.
关键词：Exports, Product innovation, Process innovation, Self-selection,
Firm heterogeneity.
