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New Exporter Dynamics

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  • Jonathan L. Willis

    (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)

  • Kim J. Ruhl

    (NYU Stern School of Business)

Abstract

of being an exporting firm falls dramatically. As a result, the entry costs needed to account for the data are 8 times smaller than the value in the benchmark model.

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  • Jonathan L. Willis & Kim J. Ruhl, 2009. "New Exporter Dynamics," 2009 Meeting Papers 111, Society for Economic Dynamics.
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    • Kim J. Ruhl & Jonathan L. Willis, 2017. "New Exporter Dynamics," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 58(3), pages 703-726, August.

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