This paper analyses the export market entry decisions of Dutch firms and their subsequent growth or market exit … and export market characteristics in order to disentangle the firm and country determinants of successful and less … successful export behaviour. First, we find that about 5% of all Dutch exporters have just started in their first market and a …

For small open economies, it is essential that many firms find their way to the export market and most governments … provide some form of export promotion assistance. We use detailed firm-level data for Flanders, the largest region in Belgium …

horizon of a year or so, which is the horizon of price setting, they both lead to lower export prices and greater demand for …