The determinants of export behaviour in UK service firms

This paper examines the determinants of export behaviour for a panel of UK service industry firms from 1988 to 2001. Export behaviour is modelled in a dual manner: as both the decision to export and the intensity of exporting. The results indicate that firm size, research intensity, average director...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Service industries journal 2005-10, Vol.25 (7), p.879-889
Hauptverfasser: Gourlay, Adrian, Seaton, Jonathan, Suppakitjarak, Joy
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper examines the determinants of export behaviour for a panel of UK service industry firms from 1988 to 2001. Export behaviour is modelled in a dual manner: as both the decision to export and the intensity of exporting. The results indicate that firm size, research intensity, average director's pay and the variance of the sterling-dollar exchange rate all increase the probability of becoming an exporter. In addition, the results indicate that the process underlying a firm's decision to export is a separate one from that determining export intensity, implying that the two decisions should be modelled separately.
ISSN:0264-2069
1743-9507
DOI:10.1080/02642060500134154