, Melitz and Yeaple in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to serve foreign markets either trough exports … first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of foreign …

While the role of exports in promoting growth in general, and productivity in particular, has been investigated … at the firm level been used to look at the extent and causes of productivity differentials between exporters and their …, while exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. …

This paper analyses the relationship between firm productivity and export behavior in German manufacturing firms. We … examine whether productivity increases the probability of exporting, and assert that there is a causal relationship from high … productivity to entering foreign markets, as postulated by the recent literature on international trade with heterogeneous firms …

contrast to productivity (incorporating changes in measured quality) estimates. For Australia as a whole in the 1989-90 to 1998 …Because of the costs involved in such exercises, current productivity measures do not necessarily fully take into … account changes in the quality of goods and services over time. This paper outlines the derivation of measures that lead to …

been introduced. The model includes assumptions about the productivity gains of GM crops, possible consumer responses and …