The determinants of export behaviour in UK service firms |
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| Authors: | Adrian Gourlay Jonathan Seaton Joy Suppakitjarak |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics , Loughborough University , Loughborough, LE12 3TU, UK;2. Business School, Loughborough University , Loughborough, LE12 3TU, UK;3. Department of Commerce and Accountancy , Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok, Thailand , 10330 |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines the determinants of export behaviour for a panel of UK service industry firms from 1988 to 2001. Export behaviour is modelled in a dual manner: as both the decision to export and the intensity of exporting. The results indicate that firm size, research intensity, average director's pay and the variance of the sterling–dollar exchange rate all increase the probability of becoming an exporter. In addition, the results indicate that the process underlying a firm's decision to export is a separate one from that determining export intensity, implying that the two decisions should be modelled separately. |
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