to identify how these frictions affect export decisions. We introduce a borrowing constraint and working capital … model can quantitatively account for new exporter dynamics, in contrast to a model with sunk export entry costs. We provide …

the ability to export to markets with strong institutions can alleviate this inefficiency. We find that access to … results, first, there is always an export price at which the country is better off if exporting were prevented. Second, any … lead to a reduction in the production of the export good. Fifth, welfare can decrease even if production of the exported …

higher levels of export, bigger size (measured by assets), higher productivity (measured by value added per worker), and …

productivity with a shape parameter that depends on industry-level characteristics. A novel result is that export opportunities, by …, namely, that export opportunities increase firm heterogeneity by fostering innovation …

A large literature has documented an association between economic growth and export diversification. We study this … advantage. The decline of export concentration is associated with a chronic deficit in the balance of trade during the Belle …

This paper characterizes the dynamic empirical properties of country export capabilities in order to inform modelling … heavy-tailed distribution of industry export capabilities that is approximately log normal and whose shape is stable across … productivities. We establish that mean reversion in export capability, rather than indicative of convergence in productivities or …

key firm-level outcomes: export status and size …

(2003) to explain trade performance and export patterns in China. This model captures the coexistence of pure exporters, non … paper shows the existence of domestic and export costs does not affect the welfare-enhancing properties of trade: falling …

This paper studies how reduction in trade policy uncertainty affects firm export decisions. Using a firm-product level … export activity within fine product-level markets. In addition, we uncover accompanying changes in export product prices and … quality that coincided with this reallocation: firms that provided higher quality products at lower prices entered the export …