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 …

' product scope and the number of trade partners. We enrich previous analyses showing that financial problems influence firms …

characteristics on the sorting of firms into different modes of international trade …This paper analyses the relation between firms' productivity and the different modes of participation to international … trade. In particular, we account for the possibility that firms can not only export their products, but also internationally …

Building on a heterogeneous-firm model à la Melitz (2003), we propose a theory of intermediaries in international trade … which rationalizes the available evidence on both aggregate and firm-level exports as well as their responsiveness to … result, validated on Italian firm-level trade data, is consistent with productivity sorting in the export mode and with the …