This paper uses firm level panel data to investigate empirically the effects of direct foreign investment (DFI) on the …. To this end a unique firm level panel data set is used with detailed information on foreign ownership at the firm level … variables in the general methods of moment technique for panel data. Only in Poland, I find that foreign firms perform better …

level of income and export intensity. Specifically, the paper investigates theoretically and empirically how financial … constraints affect a firm's innovation and export activities. Theoretical predictions are tested using unique firm survey data … constraints strongly adversely affect the ability of domestically owned firms to innovate and to export and hence to catch up to …

In this paper we analyse the relationship between gravity variables and f.o.b. export unit values using Hungarian firm …-product-destination data. By taking firm-product level selection into account we show that export unit values increase with distance even for … relationship between unit values and market size. We propose two possible explanations: first, firms may export different quality …

adopt a model of firm heterogeneity and export participation which we estimate to match moments of the French data using the …

information spillovers across markets on the export patterns of four developing countries (Egypt, Korea, Malaysia and Tunisia). A … developing countries, where they appear to be geographically more concentrated. The exception is China and to some extent Hong …

trade. The panel data set used includes bilateral observations for five years spanning 1970 through 1990 for 186 countries …