productivity”, defined as firms' ability to develop high-quality products spending small fixed outlays. The distinction between … these two sources of productivity, together with the assumption that iceberg trade costs decrease with quality, delivers … productivity”, which is how we denote the standard concept of productivity as modeled in the literature. The second one is “product …

quality. We model theoretically the effects of real exchange rate changes on the optimal price and quantity responses of firms … that export multiple products with heterogeneous levels of quality. The model shows that the elasticity of demand perceived … by exporters decreases with a real depreciation and with quality, leading to more pricing-to-market and to a smaller …

creation of domestic value added and employment in exports highlighting how, with GVCs, export competitiveness is inextricably …

increases employment and average wages. Gains in productivity and employment are particularly large when firms enter exports …This paper investigates the effect of export entry on productivity, employment and wages of Latvian and Estonian firms … firms also realise more than 23% and 14% higher labour productivity level as the result of export entry. Export entry also …

industrialised countries. Consequently, real exchange rate changes have an impact on the commodity structure of exports. …

I find evidence that the geographic expansion of firm exports occurs slowly over time and that a large share of export …

This Paper estimates the cross-price elasticity of exports with respect to investment costs for bilateral relations … between 36 countries. We show that the effect of reducing foreign direct investment costs on exports depends on country … and trade costs are low, investment liberalization stimulates exports, whereas when countries are similar in terms of …