Do sunk exporting costs differ among markets? Evidence from Spanish manufacturing firms

Jose Vicente Blanes (), Marion Dovis (), Milgram-Baleix, Juliette and Ana Isabel Moro-Egido ()
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Juliette Milgram ()

Economics Letters, 2008, vol. 101, issue 2, pages 110-112

Abstract: We test whether sunk exporting costs differ among markets. Our results confirm that during 1990-2002, sunk exporting costs were relevant for Spanish firms, and differed depending on the destination market. Besides, the costs to enter/re-enter were higher in developed markets.

Keywords: Sunk; costs; Heterogeneity; of; Firms; Export; Regionalism; Developed; and; Developing; Markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008

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