Surveys of export promotion agencies suggest that that they tend to focus on helping firms become exporters as a means … to stimulate aggregate export growth. But the existing empirical evidence has paid little attention to the role of export … from seven Latin American countries during the period 2006-2010. The results suggest that export promotion encourages …

2007. They find tremendous firm entry and exit in the export sector, with exits more likely after one year and among firms … export and to develop new export products and markets when there are sunk costs of discovery and uncertainty about …