This paper examines whether the export decision of firms is affected by their ownership structure, specifically it … controlled firms do indeed export less than other type of companies even after controlling for firm heterogeneity in productivity …

’ export share and productivity gains. Productivity growth declines with the share of exports on total sales, up to a threshold …, productivity gains also arise for smaller export shares. One likely explanation of this finding is that being successful in the … export market for exporters of traditional products also requires investments in technological upgrading. These investments …

spillovers from export oriented vs domestic market oriented FDI, and allow for differing effects depending on domestic firms …’ export activities. The results suggest that the mechanisms through which spillovers affect domestic firms are very complex …

participation in the export market. …

product codes over time results in less product adding and dropping at continuing firms in the Belgian export and production …

cluster'' industrial policy, implemented in France in 2005, have performed better on export markets during the recent economic … of firms on export markets, and conditioning on survival, a higher growth rate of their exports. However, these effects …