-exporters. However, many firms from the lower end of the productivity distribution are exporters. Germany is a case in point. A recent … total sales, or export participation over time, or the number of goods exported, or the number of countries exported to …. This paper documents that low-productive exporters are competitive because they export high-quality goods. The quality of …

firm heterogeneity in shaping aggregate service exports in Belgium, France, Germany and Spain from 2003 to 2007. We … heterogeneity within countries. We find that the weak export growth of France is at least partly due to poor performance by small … exporters. By contrast, small exporters are the most dynamic contributors to the aggregate exports of Belgium, Germany and Spain …

firm heterogeneity in shaping aggregate service exports in Belgium, France, Germany and Spain from 2003 to 2007. We … heterogeneity within countries. We find that the weak export growth of France is at least partly due to poor performance by small … exporters. By contrast, small exporters are the most dynamic contributors to the aggregate exports of Belgium, Germany and Spain …

associated with firm exports. More productive firms export more products to more countries and have higher average product …-country export flows. The extensive and intensive margins are equally important in total firm exports …

that high-productivity firms self-select themselves into export markets, while exporting itself does not play a significant …

premium of female-run firms in Germany. The results show that female-run firms gain a higher exporter-productivity premium …

in Germany. This paper uses enterprise level panel data for France, Germany and the United Kingdom from 2003 to 2008 to … firms that start or stop to export over the period under investigation, and that are not representative for the bulk of … firms that either export or not. …

export and that export participation is highly persistent. There is also evidence supporting the learning by exporting … hypothesis and the results suggest a significant export premium of between 15 and 24 per cent, controlling for differences in …. We conclude that the Mozambican Export Promotion Institute could play an important role in overcoming this information …

This paper investigates the impact of restrictive TBTs on firms' extensive margins (export participation and exit … probability), intensive margins (export value) and pricing strategy (export price). To this end, product-level restrictive TBTs … and firm-level export are combined and an instrumental-variable approach is utilized. The results show that the imposition …