Importing and Productivity: An Analysis of South African Manufacturing Firms

Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 411 - 432
Published: Jun 20, 2020
Abstract
This paper uses firm-level data from company tax declarations to analyse the complementary relationship between direct access to imported intermediate inputs and manufacturing firm productivity in South Africa. We provide support for the hypothesis of firm learning by importing. Our results show that importing is associated with higher productivity among South African manufacturing firms. In addition, importing a wider variety of intermediate...
Paper Details
Title
Importing and Productivity: An Analysis of South African Manufacturing Firms
Published Date
Jun 20, 2020
Volume
57
Issue
2
Pages
411 - 432
Citation AnalysisPro
  • Scinapse’s Top 10 Citation Journals & Affiliations graph reveals the quality and authenticity of citations received by a paper.
  • Discover whether citations have been inflated due to self-citations, or if citations include institutional bias.