This study reports results from an empirical investigation of business services sector firms that (start to) export … and productivity hold in the years before the export start, which indicates self-selection into exporting of more … relationship between profitability and starting to export is found. -- Business services firms ; exports ; self-selection ; France …

This study reports results from an empirical investigation of business services sector firms that (start to) export … and productivity hold in the years before the export start, which indicates self-selection into exporting of more … relationship between profitability and starting to export is found. …

firms that start or stop to export over the period under investigation, and that are not representative for the bulk of … firms that either export or not. …

- they have a larger propensity to export, export a larger share of total sales, export more goods and export to a larger …

evidence in favor of self-selection of more productive firms into export markets, but nearly no evidence in favor of the …

evidence in favour of self-selection of more productive firms into export markets, but nearly no evidence in favour of the …

-collar) employees working in a plant with an export-sales ratio of 60% earn about 1.8 (0.9) % more than similar employees in otherwise …