In this paper we ask why the gravity model of international trade also work well for foreign direct investment (FDI …) flows or multinational production (MP). We propose a model of trade and horizontal FDI, where the subsidiary is allowed to … any geographical distribution of fixed costs. Second, counterfactual experiments show that impeding FDI leads to reduced …

subsidies on firms’ export performance. It documents robust evidence that production subsidies stimulate export activity … more pronounced amongst profit-making firms, firms in capital intensive industries and those with previous exporting …

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 …

, of current and future export products. Our findings are consistent with quality upgrading taking place in preparation for … entry into export markets. We show that manufacturers who export a particular product variety tend to obtain a price premium … for their domestic sales of this variety. Consistently with the hypothesis of quality upgrading before exporting, we find …

-product manufacturing exporters that are not easily reconciled with existing multi-product models. Using novel linked production and export … data at the firm-product level, we find that the overwhelming majority of manufacturing firms export products that they do … not produce. Three quarters of the exported products and thirty percent of export value from Belgian manufacturers are in …

This paper investigates whether government support can act to increase exporting activity. We use a uniquely rich data …. Our results suggest that if grants are large enough they can encourage already exporting firms to compete more effectively … on the international market. However, there is little evidence that grants encourage non-exporters to start exporting. …

on productivity is different for plants being more embedded in international markets through exporting or being part of a … outsourcing of services on productivity for firms not operating on the export market. …

multi-product firms, offshoring, intra-firm trade and firm export market dynamics. …

creation' and `trade diversion' is not particularly helpful for policy. In a world with trade restrictions, regional …