Firm heterogeneity,sunk costs,spatial characteristics and export market participation: Evidence from China |
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| Authors: | Solomon W Polachek Daria Sevastianova |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics , State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton University , Binghamton , NY , USA polachek@binghamton.edu;3. Department of Economics , University of Southern Indiana , Evansville , IN , USA |
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| Abstract: | This paper develops a dynamic discrete-choice model to analyze the exporting decisions of Chinese firms in Zhejiang province. The results show that sunk costs are found to be significant and prior export experience, productivity, scale, FDI, export spillovers, coastal area and economic zones are all positively related with the propensity of exporting while state ownership concentration has a negative impact. The export behavior of firms varies with country-specific characteristics. |
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| Keywords: | international conflict war empirical economic growth COW data |
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