What's Different about Exporters? Evidence from Colombian Manufacturing.

Authors :: Isgut, Alberto E.
Source :: Journal of Development Studies. Jun2001, Vol. 37 Issue 5, p57. 26p. 10 Charts, 1 Graph.
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Examines the relationship between manufacturing exports and firm performance in Colombia from 1981 to 1991. Effect of trade openness on economic growth; Details of the strategy used by Colombia as a response to the collapse of the international trading system during the Great Depression; Determinant of Colombian manufacturing exports in the 1970s and 1980s; Differences between the levels of exporters and non-exporters.