Based on the theory of heterogeneous firms, participation in the international market leads to changes in performance and efficiency gains at the firm level. This article uses microdata at the level of firms of the Brazilian manufacturing industry (2007-2014) to investigate the impacts of...

Start export is important for firm’s performance and efficiency gains. This paper explores the export-productivity and export-capital intensity relationship using firm-level data from Brazilian manufacturing industry over the 2007–2014 period. The empirical strategy combine Propensity Score...