JournalofInternationalEconomics47(1999)1–25Exceptionalexporterperformance:cause,effect,orboth?a,b*,,NationalBureauofEconomicResearch,135ProspectSt.,NewHavenCT06511,,CarnegieMellonUniversity,Pittsburg,PA15213,USAReceived17October1996;receivedinrevisedform22October1997;,shipments,wages,:goodfirmsbecomeexporters,;however,productivityandwagegrowthisnotsuperior,particularlyoverlongerhorizons.:Trade;Productivity;Plantsurvival;Export-ledgrowthJELclassification:F10;D21;*Correspondingauthor:Tel:112034325965;fax:112034326974;e-mail:@-1996/99/$–seefrontmatter:S0022-1996(98)00027-0
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