Do sunk costs of exporting matter for net export dynamics?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 289-336

  Alessandria, George ^a   Choi, Horag ^a  

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EID: 33947642539     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.122.1.289     Document Type: Article

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