Market entry costs, producer heterogeneity, and export dynamics

Econometrica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 837-873

  Das, Sanghamitra ^a   Roberts, Mark J ^b,c   Tybout, James R ^b,c  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic export supply; Plant heterogeneity; Sunk costs; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247376936     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2007.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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