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Market-specific Sunk Export Costs: The Impact of Learning and Spillovers

Written by

Per Botolf Maurseth
Former employee
Hege Medin
Senior Research Fellow (part time)

Ed.

Summary:

Firms may face sunk costs when entering an export market. Previous studies have focused on global or country-specific sunk export costs. This study analyses the importance of market-specific sunk export costs (defining ‘market’ as a product–country combination). We also study how market-specific export costs can be affected by various kinds of learning and spillover effects. We use firm-level panel data for Norwegian seafood exports distributed on products and countries. The results lend support to the hypothesis of market-specific sunk costs. We also find evidence of learning and spillover effects, particularly within the same product group.
  • Published year: 2017
  • DOI: 10.1111/twec.12420
  • Language: Engelsk
  • Pages: 1105 - 1127
  • Volume: 40
  • Booklet: 6
  • Journal: The World Economy

Themes

  • International economics
  • Trade
  • Globalisation

Written by

Per Botolf Maurseth
Former employee
Hege Medin
Senior Research Fellow (part time)