Abstract
This paper uses firm level data from the World Bank Enterprise surveys conducted in 2019 and from the COVID-19 follow-up surveys conducted in 2020 in eight European countries to investigate the link between exporting before the pandemic and firm survival until 2020. The estimated effect of exports is positive and statistically significant ceteris paribus after controlling for various firm characteristics that are known to be related to firm survival. Furthermore, the size of this estimated effect can be considered to be large on average. Exporting helped firms to survive.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Review of Economics |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 63-70 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISSN | 0948-5139 |
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| Publication status | Published - 01.04.2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2024 the author(s), published by De Gruyter.
Research areas and keywords
- COVID-19
- exports
- firm survival
- robit regression
- World Bank Enterprise surveys
- Economics
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)