The Determinants of Firm Exit from Exporting: Evidence for the UK

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 381-397

  Harris, Richard I ^a   Li, Qian Cher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete Time Model; Exit from Exporting; Survival Analysis; UK Market Sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859048647     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571516.2011.618611     Document Type: Article

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