Publication

Persistence in exporting: cumulative and punctuated learning effects.

Published: 8 December 2016

ERC Policy Briefing

Associated Themes

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  Internationalisation
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  Productivity and performance

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Persistence in exporting matters, because firms with continuous exposure to export markets derive greater benefit from exporting than do sporadic exporters. Conceptually, however, export persistence is poorly understood, and is typically explained by sunk costs leading to high export exit costs.

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