This paper assesses the effect on total factor productivity (TFP) of a change in the status of a firm from domestic … become exporters experience higher TFP, between 7.8% and 8.8%, with respect to domestic producers. Productivity gains were …

firms' export performance. Drawing on Porter hypothesis and firm heterogeneity theory, we adopt a structural model where … assess whether induced productivity influences the extensive and intensive margin of exports. Relying on a rich firm …-level dataset on Italian manufacturing, our results show that firms with higher productivity, induced among other factors by green …

Whether a firm is able to attract foreign capital and whether it may participate at the export market depends on …