our network-based community measure as predictor of additional countries chosen by firms expanding their export … level. Using data on Mexican new exporters over the period 2003-2009, we show that the probability of choosing a new export …

countries. The model highlights how imports from a specific country affects a firm's decision to export to that country (the … extensive margin), as well as its export value (the intensive margin). The model shows that the effect of both distance and … market size on the export margins is magnified when imports in intermediates are accounted for. Indeed, to the extent that …