falling trade costs. This paper exploits detailed firm level data, which includes information on the destination of exports to …

This paper investigates the effects of international trade on firms' exit decision in Sweden, where exit can be by … probability of exit by merger and closedown compared to no change. If trade is intra-industry in character the effect of import … penetration on the probability of exit mitigates. The probability of exit by switching industry is higher in industries …

firm entry and survival. Using data covering broad manufacturing and service sectors in 17 countries this paper … investigates how changes in fiscal policy and market size affect rates of firm entry and exit. We find that reductions in fiscal … while the exit rate rises by a similar amount. Although small in comparison with average rates of entry and exit this …

This paper investigates why plants belonging to multi-plant firms are more likely to exit. Using Japanese plant data …-plant multinationals. As elsewhere in the literature these organisational forms are found to raise the probability of plant exit despite …

This paper investigates why multinational ownership is found to increase the probability that a plant will exit. It … likely to exit when plant, firm and industry characteristics are conditioned on. We find that the “footloose” effect is …

This paper studies the process of plant exit and productivity growth in Japan during the ‘lost decade’. A productivity … and a small contribution from the entry and exit components. We find the causes of plant exit to be similar to results in …

firm entry and survival. Using data covering broad manufacturing and service sectors in 17 countries this paper … investigates how changes in fiscal policy and market size affect rates of firm entry and exit. We find that reductions in fiscal … while the exit rate rises by a similar amount. Although small in comparison with average rates of entry and exit this …