Late-Movers Outperform First-Movers in Export Markets

Haidar, Jamal Ibrahim (2020): Late-Movers Outperform First-Movers in Export Markets.

Abstract

Using exporter-level data from Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Guatemala, Jordan, Malawi, Mexico, Peru, and Senegal, as well as controlling for supply and demand shocks, I find that late-movers outperform first-movers in product-destination export markets.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: exporter dynamics; first-mover; late-mover; market entry; diversification; international trade
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F11 - Neoclassical Models of Trade; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies ; Fragmentation; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F13 - Trade Policy ; International Trade Organizations; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F14 - Empirical Studies of Trade; F - International Economics > F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization

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