Abstract
Much of the theoretical literature on the relationship between firms' exports decision and productivity has produced rich and useful results for developed countries in the past. This paper makes a pioneering attempts to explore the determinants of firm-level export behaviors in high-tech industries in the context of a less-developed country (China). By introducing a learning effect in the cycles in technological leadership as a new explanatory variable into traditional production function, the paper develops an original two-stage micromodel of international trade. Productivity advantage always determines the export decision, and export behaviors also depend on the characteristics of technology progress in the cycle, firm's RD at the stage of introduction of new technology, firms have opportunities to become technological leader and base their export decision on innovation edge. Then, a microeconometric study is used to analyze exporter performance in China's information and communication technology manufacturing industry.
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