firm heterogeneity in shaping aggregate service exports in Belgium, France, Germany and Spain from 2003 to 2007. We … heterogeneity within countries. We find that the weak export growth of France is at least partly due to poor performance by small … exporters. By contrast, small exporters are the most dynamic contributors to the aggregate exports of Belgium, Germany and Spain …

firm heterogeneity in shaping aggregate service exports in Belgium, France, Germany and Spain from 2003 to 2007. We … heterogeneity within countries. We find that the weak export growth of France is at least partly due to poor performance by small … exporters. By contrast, small exporters are the most dynamic contributors to the aggregate exports of Belgium, Germany and Spain …

, imports and two-way trade. It uses unique new representative data for manufacturing enterprises from Germany, one of the …

exports and take this model to data from Germany, one of the leading actors on the world market for goods. In line with … theoretical predictions we find that foreign-owned firms do export more goods to more countries after controlling for firm size …

policy makers in an evidence based way. This holds true especially for Germany, a leading actor on the world markets for … between firm characteristics and export activities, demonstrating the decisive role of human capital intensity for exporting …

Financing resources play a significant role in escalating export ventures particularly of MSMEs (Micro, Small and … financing resources used by MSME exporters on their export profitability. It is concluded that the funds sourced from commercial … banks had a significant impact on firm's export performance followed by profits ploughed back into export operations. The …

associated with firm exports. More productive firms export more products to more countries and have higher average product …-country export flows. The extensive and intensive margins are equally important in total firm exports …

Germany, one of the leading actors on the world market for goods, that merge information from surveys performed by the …

This paper investigates four cohorts of firms from German manufacturing industries that started to export in the years … between 1998 and 2002 and follows them over the five years after the start. Export starters are a rare species and they are … contributed by export starters of a cohort is tiny in the start year, and it remains so over the years to follow, although those …

that high-productivity firms self-select themselves into export markets, while exporting itself does not play a significant …