Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/86116 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2011/52
Publisher: 
Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA), Investigaciones Económicas (ie), Buenos Aires
Abstract: 
What drives firms' geographic diversification in international markets? I build a model to show that if some export costs are sunk and shared between alike destinations, the decision of a firm to enter a market is a function of its experience in a similar one. Using a rich firm-level dataset for Argentina I test this prediction and I provide evidence on the role and nature of shared export costs. Product adaptation costs, associated to market similarities in geography and culture, and quality upgrading costs, associated to market similarities in income level, are found to be significant. Finally, I show that the failure to consider firms' idiosyncratic experience in international markets leads to an underestimation of the difficulty to enter export markets.
Subjects: 
firm-level
export costs
quality
experience
geographic diversification
JEL: 
F10
F12
F13
F14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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