New analysis of firm-level customs data from the Lao PDR shows that export flows in value terms are dominated by large firms supplying the same products to the same markets from one year to the next. New exports tend to be small in value and short-lived, suggesting that while there is significant experimentation and discovery, firms have only limited capacity to stay in markets once a new entry is made. Regression analysis indicates that the probability...
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2011/11/01
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What are the determinants of export success? Analyzing firm-product-destination export survival rates in Lao PDR
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trade development