the micro-structure of the recent export collapse in manufacturing industries in Germany during the crisis of 2008 …/2009. Almost all of the decline in exports was due to negative changes of exports in firms that continue to export (i.e. at the so …-called intensive margin) while the decrease of exports due to export stoppers (at the so-called extensive margin) was tiny. It is shown …

demand from Germany. Based on our simulation, we could identify countries which i. are Germany’s competitors and would …

subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for … an impact of subsidies on the share of exports in total sales in West Germany but no evidence in East Germany. …We use newly available representative panel data for manufacturing enterprises in West and East Germany to investigate …

This paper aims to investigate whether there is empirical evidence supporting the learning-to-export hypothesis, which … 1990-1998, we find some evidence for the learning-to-export effect, especially for the innovated product varieties with … matched sample. On the other hand, this learning-to-export effect was not significantly pronounced for industries protected by …

exporters’ exposure to tariffs, trade wars, and exchange rate volatility by upgrading its export basket. …

particular, this paper shows that more productive firms are more likely than less productive firms to export, consistent with the …-selection in accounting for export decision, but little gain from learning-by-exporting in the case of Vietnamese Small medium … sized enterprises (SMEs). These findings imply that export promotion policies may not be effective unless accompanied by …

We investigate the role of financial constraints on firms' exporting behavior, including firms' export decision, export … intensity, firms starting to export decision, and exports persistence. Our financial constraints variable is a synthetic … (SMEs) exporting decisions and starting to export decisions but not those of large firms. Financial health does not seem to …

The aim of our research is to investigate whether the choice to export directly versus indirect export plays a role in … of export intermediaries. Thus, we study whether different export strategies may generate different unobservable … results show that (1) the learning by exporting hypothesis is still valid when firms export indirectly; (2) direct exporters …

Using the micro-level data on China’s export enterprises from 2005 to 2013, this paper discusses the impact of … industrial robots on the quality upgrading of export products from two aspects: the change of enterprises’ costs and the … export products’ quality upgrading, but the enterprises whose robot applications exceed the U-shaped inflection point only …