This paper studies how firm-level export performance is affected by Real Exchange Rate (RER) volatility and … investigates whether this effect depends on existing financial constraints. Our empirical analysis relies on export data for more … this negative impact, especially on the intensive margin of export. These results provide micro-founded evidence suggesting …

France has seen a marked deterioration in its export performance in the last 10 years or so. Previous empirical … research pointed out that weak export performance was due to i) vigorous domestic demand; ii) lower mark-ups due to head …-to-head competition with Germany; iii) low non-price competitiveness of French export goods; iv) offshoring of entire production processes …

different types of export markets distinguishing between developed and developing countries; and for different types of export … conditions and become larger exporters. Performing the analysis for different types of export markets and export products …

) levels in the period prior to entry are much more likely to enter export markets. Also age, size and intangible assets of the …-entry productivity effect for the firms that enter export markets for the first time (in the t, t+1 and t+2 periods). At the industry …

We develop a model of international trade with two dimensions of firm heterogeneity and export quality constraints that … exporter premia cannot be rationalized through these models as they imply no variation in export status once size is controlled … strong support for the model. We also investigate the sources of export quality constraints using firm-level trade shipment …