Firms display remarkable persistence in exporting and importing status. However, export and import status do not … overlap perfectly, as some exporters do not import while some importers do not export. Motivated by these facts, I develop a … dynamic discrete choice model of a firm’s decision to import and export. A firm needs to pay either sunk costs to initiate an …

-by-exporting effects. However, applying matching methodology to formally evaluate the causal effects of export market entry on productivity …This paper evaluates the causal effects of exports to different destination countries using a comprehensive dataset on … Belgian manufacturing firms from 1998 to 2005. Initial evidence suggests that, before export market entry, exporters to more …