firm heterogeneity and international trade, together with some new facts. In particular, we find that importing can be as …This paper offers a portrait of Italian firms that trade goods. Combining data on firms' structural characteristics and … important as exporting as a source of firm heterogeneity. First, we document that trade is more concentrated than employment and …

international trade, together with some new facts. First, the availability of information on import and export enables us to … between trade status and firm characteristics. We uncover evidence supporting recent theories on firm heterogeneity and … heterogeneity among firms trading with different type of markets. We show that different destinations of exports and different …

firms, this paper adds to the existing literature, by assessing how the degree of involvement in international trade impacts …How do trade activities affect firms' employment and wages structures? Using firm level data on Italian manufacturing …

dissimilarity measures instead of rank correlations, we observe a great deal of variability among the product-mixes a firm exports …

Using firm level data on Italian manufacturing industry, we examine how trade activities are related to workforce … consistent with multi-attribute models on firm heterogeneity and trade. In fact we show that even after controlling for various … workers than non exporters. Second, we consider the engagement of firms in international transactions, either by means of …

The paper examines the causal effect of financial constraints on firm exports. We exploit a firm-level proxy of … strategy allows to cure for self-selection into exports and endogeneity of financial constraints. At the same time, we can … exports of within firm changes in financial constraints status. We find that financial constraints produce a sizable reduction …