On the market failure of “missing pioneers”

An influential hypothesis states that export pioneers are too few relative to social optimum because the first exporter’s action creates an informational public good for all subsequent exporters. The hypothesis has been invoked to justify certain types of government interventions. We note, however,...

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Published in:Journal of development economics 2021-09, Vol.152, p.102705, Article 102705
Main Authors: Wei, Shang-Jin, Wei, Ziru, Xu, Jianhuan
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