This paper focuses on self-selection into trade by exporting and importing firms, and on the presence of differential … heterogeneity and the connection between firm-level performance and international trade. They provide evidence on the remarkable …

. Rather than using dummy variables to proxy each trade regime as in most empirical papers, this paper uses a unique dataset at … entry and address the issue of utilisation and nonutilisation of trade preferences, which can result in wrong attribution of … causality between trade regimes and export flows. The most important finding of the paper is the fact that the results …