subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for …

Recent research has related the firm decision to export with firm innovation activities and productivity. The aim of … productivity the higher the probability of introducing process innovations and, therefore, the likelihood of starting to export …: process innovations increase productivity and, therefore, the probability to export. …

This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of the export performance of firms in services based on a cross … export status and intensity shows that the success of service firms in foreign markets is specifically related to their …

as service firms, but also firms from all industries export and import services. Second, service trade patterns are … countries, sell several service products, and often export and import services. Differences in firms’ trade values are result …

, when observed firm characteristics and unobserved firm specific effects are controlled for. We find that export-starters in … services are less profitable than non-starters, even two years before they begin to export, pointing to self-selection of less … profitable firms into export markets. We use a recently developed continuous treatment approach to investigate the causal impact …

to multinational groups. However, the export productivity premium is larger for service firms than for manufacturers. No …

firm characteristics and export activities, demonstrating the decisive role of human capital intensity for exporting. It …