Lejour, Arjan; Rojas-Romagosa, Hugo; Rodriguez, Victor; … - 2009
This paper discusses the channels between openness and productivity and trade hampering factors. The stylized facts … from the heterogeneous firms literature suggests that firms face market entry costs for each new product they export and to … each new export market. Transport costs, border costs and retail and wholesale distribution costs might add up to 170% of …
