The Experience of Survival : Determinants of Export Survival in Lao PDR

This paper explores monthly, firm-level customs records from Laos in the period 2005–10. We analyze the role of two important and related determinants of export survival, experience, and networks, which are particularly relevant for developing countries. We go beyond previous studies by disaggregati...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Stirbat, Liviu, Record, Richard, Nghardsaysone, Konesawang
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Elsevier 2015
Subjects:	export duration firm dynamics survival trade networks
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22715

id	okr-10986-22715
recordtype	oai_dc
spelling	okr-10986-227152021-04-23T14:04:10Z The Experience of Survival : Determinants of Export Survival in Lao PDR Stirbat, Liviu Record, Richard Nghardsaysone, Konesawang export duration firm dynamics survival trade networks This paper explores monthly, firm-level customs records from Laos in the period 2005–10. We analyze the role of two important and related determinants of export survival, experience, and networks, which are particularly relevant for developing countries. We go beyond previous studies by disaggregating contract terminations to consider the possibility of upgrades to superior products. Having prior experience with the export product and destination and strong networks of similar firms has a strong positive impact on chances of simple export survival. The likelihood of upgrading is boosted by destination experience but lowered by familiarity with the product. 2015-10-01T15:21:01Z 2015-10-01T15:21:01Z 2015-07-09 Journal Article World Development 0305-750X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22715 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article East Asia and Pacific Lao People's Democratic Republic
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Foreign Institution
institution	Digital Repositories
building	World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
collection	World Bank
language	en_US
topic	export duration firm dynamics survival trade networks
spellingShingle	export duration firm dynamics survival trade networks Stirbat, Liviu Record, Richard Nghardsaysone, Konesawang The Experience of Survival : Determinants of Export Survival in Lao PDR
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific Lao People's Democratic Republic
description	This paper explores monthly, firm-level customs records from Laos in the period 2005–10. We analyze the role of two important and related determinants of export survival, experience, and networks, which are particularly relevant for developing countries. We go beyond previous studies by disaggregating contract terminations to consider the possibility of upgrades to superior products. Having prior experience with the export product and destination and strong networks of similar firms has a strong positive impact on chances of simple export survival. The likelihood of upgrading is boosted by destination experience but lowered by familiarity with the product.
format	Journal Article
author	Stirbat, Liviu Record, Richard Nghardsaysone, Konesawang
author_facet	Stirbat, Liviu Record, Richard Nghardsaysone, Konesawang
author_sort	Stirbat, Liviu
title	The Experience of Survival : Determinants of Export Survival in Lao PDR
title_short	The Experience of Survival : Determinants of Export Survival in Lao PDR
title_full	The Experience of Survival : Determinants of Export Survival in Lao PDR
title_fullStr	The Experience of Survival : Determinants of Export Survival in Lao PDR
title_full_unstemmed	The Experience of Survival : Determinants of Export Survival in Lao PDR
title_sort	experience of survival : determinants of export survival in lao pdr
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2015
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22715
_version_	1764451918252343296

The Experience of Survival : Determinants of Export Survival in Lao PDR

Similar Items