hand, regression analysis shows that the reduction in tariffs and increasing export orientation has been associated with an … increase in wages in manufacturing industries though the role of export orientation in influencing poor wages has not been … significant. Meanwhile, quantile regressions reveal that the impact of both the reduction in tariffs and increase in export …

and export intensity. We investigate theoretically and empirically how financial constraints affect a firm's innovation … and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm …-specific financial constraints. We find that financial constraints restraint heability of domestically owned firms to innovate and export …

The paper tests the role of agglomeration effects on the export decision of services firms. Recent theories on trade … with heterogeneous firms predict that export participation goes along with sunk market-entry costs. Only the more … anticipated market-entry cost for export starters. This effect is strongest in markets with more or less homogeneous products. I …

aggressive export policies of Northern Europe via their low wage policies. (6b) Given the similarity of the tax policies in the …

entry to export markets, firms begin exporting if productivity exceeds a certain threshold value. Productivity is thus a … crucial factor behind firms' export market participation. To verify this, I estimate a simple probit model of the firms … decision to export, based on the Polish manufacturing firm-level data. Estimation of productivity of individual firms is …

, lowering their likelihood to export. We also find that the reallocative impacts of trade come not only from tariff barriers but …

exit, and also by limiting the expansion of efficient plants, lowering their likelihood to export. Second, the reallocative …