Entering new country and product markets: Does export promotion help?

Review of World Economics

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-467

  Martincus, Christian Volpe ^a   Carballo, Jerónimo ^a  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Export promotion; Firm exports; Latin America; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956876958     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-010-0062-x     Document Type: Article

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