decision by both state controlled and private entities to export in a model with labor adjustment costs. In this complex … environment, a simple decision rule whereby export status depends only on current productivity does not hold. Nor does this rule … match data patterns. The estimated model is used to understand the factors that influence export status. The analysis …

We investigate and compare countries' export growth based on their performance at the extensive and intensive export … export markets but shortly exit when it learns its per- period fixed costs. We apply this insight to disaggregated export … data and confirm that indeed most export relationships are very short lived. We then show that the survival issue is a …

successful export promotion between non-partners …

their mode of export - either directly or indirectly through an intermediary. The model predicts that intermediaries will be …

domestic welfare through two channels. First, by reducing export income volatility and allowing for a smoother consumption path … to borrow against future export income). Under plausibly calibrated parameters, the second channel may lead to much …

and joint ventures trade more and import more products from more source countries, but export fewer products to fewer … international trade and the importance of foreign ownership for firms' export and import decisions …