first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between productivity and size of the export market for Germany, a leading … more productive than firms that sell their products in Germany only, but less productive than firms that export to … actor on the world market for manufactured goods. It documents that firms that export to countries inside the euro-zone are …

We study the relationship between ICT, total factor productivity and export at the firm level in Belgium, France and … the Netherlands. In particular, we look at whether ICT has both a direct effect on export and an indirect effect via … differences in the effects of ICT on export between the three countries. …

It has become common to measure the quality of exports using their unit export value (UEV). Applications of this method … that export quality and export price (the most natural interpretation of UEV) are not merely correlated but that they …. -- export quality ; unit export value ; intra-industry trade ; competitiveness …

The lack of information is a relevant obstacle to the export activity of small and medium enterprises. This paper … analyzes whether banks can support firms’ export by reducing informational asymmetries about foreign markets. We exploit a … exogenous to firms’ export decisions by relying on preexisting lending relationships and exploiting the acquisition of a firm …

Export Pioneers in Latin America analyzes a series of case studies of successful new export activities throughout the … Argentina, avocados in Mexico, and aircraft in Brazil illustrate how an initially successful export activity did not stop with … exporters in post-reform Latin America. It also considers the conjecture that new export activities are a complex enterprise …

Policymakers in several countries have recently taken steps to promote the rapid export expansion of high-tech small …- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The goal of these policies has been to create successful export-intensive firms …

This paper shows both theoretically and empirically how raw material rich countries use export restrictions upstream to …, I provide evidence that export restrictions on industrial raw materials upstream help promote manufacturing exports …

The exceptional export performance of foreign-owned firms is a well-established stylized fact, but the underlying …

In this paper, we empirically examine how export pioneers emerge and how they are related to product creators … covers the process from the appearance of product creators as well as product imitators to the emergence of export pioneers …. We find, first, that product imitators are larger, more productive and older than product creators. Second, most export …