export their goods and whether to use imported intermediates. The model highlights mechanisms whereby import policies affect … aggregate productivity, resource allocation, and industry export activity along both the extensive and intensive margins. Using … counterfactual experiments to assess quantitatively the positive and normative effects of barriers to trade in import and export …

relevant positive relationship between the costs of imported inputs and the export of the final goods. We use a simple Cournot … and the export of the final goods. We further show that a lower cost of imported inputs may reduce the consumer surplus …

. To build a productivity link between imports and exports, we also estimate the contribution of import scope to … import scope is the change in productivity. Furthermore, the asymmetry change in the two fixed costs explains most of the …This study designs a method to estimate the productivity of exported products by combining custom and firm survey data …

latter, and shows that the availability of the private label option results in greater total export volumes and lower average … the gains from trade. -- private labels ; export mode ; intermediaries ; heterogeneous firms ; international retailers …

imported intermediate inputs and then export a larger proportion of final products since, compared to goods for domestic sales … trade cost for large trading firms leads to an increase in export intensity (i.e., exports over total sales). Such results …