Exporting and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

We conduct a randomized experiment that generates exogenous variation in the access to foreign markets for rug producers in Egypt. Combined with detailed survey data, we causally identify the impact of exporting on firm performance. Treatment firms report 16–26% higher profits and exhibit large impr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Khandelwal, Amit K., Osman, Adam, Atkin, David G
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113690
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9367-5688

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