Using firm level data this study investigates the relation between export activity and firm’s profitability. The paper … more standard within the empirical trade literature, by regression techniques that try to identify an “export premium …”. -- Export premium ; productivity ; profitability …

This paper uses comparable firm level data from France, Italy and Spain to test a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER … 2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non … export nor engage in R&D. These results are in line with findings for Argentina reported by Bustos, and with findings for …

Italy's main export market, the EU15 … labour costs (-1.4%/year) and less favourable exchange rates (-2.0%/year). By far the most important determinant of export … period. Our results also indicate that China's impact on Italian export performance is small and if anything positive. Much …

different, depending on whether the export decision refers to a core or a peripheral market, it is plausible that while firms …. Second, using firm-product-destination-specific export data for all firms in the Swedish food chain for the period 1997 … that firms will indeed tend to stay longer in their core markets, while export decisions regarding peripheral markets are …

' decision to export. The model sheds light on the affirmations of the founding models of the 'new theory of international trade …', in particular the role of productivity and sunk costs of exporting in the firms’ export decision. It also takes into …