Using transactions-level customs data from Colombia, we study firm-specific export patterns over the period 1996-2005. Our data allow us to track firms\' entry and exit into and out of individual destination markets, as well as their revenues from selling there. We find that, in a typical year,...

Using transactions-level customs data from Colombia, we study …firm-specific export patterns over the period 1996-2005. Our data allow us to track firm\'s entry and exit into and out of individual destination markets, as well as their revenues from selling there. We find that, in a typical...