Hysteresis in Exports /

This paper presents an empirical examination of the importance of hysteresis in international trade. An econometric model of export determination is developed where the presence of sunk costs causes discontinuous behavior and hysteresis so that individual exporters' decision to stay in or out o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giovannetti, Giorgia
Other Authors: Samiei, Hossein
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1995/052
Online Access:Full text available on IMF