Navaretti, Giorgio Barba; Faini, Riccardo; Tucci, Alessandra - In: Annals of Economics and Finance 14 (2013) 3, pp. 689-722
This paper examines whether the export decision of firms is affected by their ownership structure, specifically it looks at whether family control is an obstacle to entering foreign markets. The underlying assumption is that family firms are risk averse. Risk aversion may be an obstacle to...