foreign ownership significantly stabilized firm exports when liquidity dried out in the crisis, in particular among small and …

exports. The paper modifies Arkolakis's (2010) model of trade with heterogeneous firms by introducing endogenous quality and …

, where exports are classified as ordinary trade, import-and-assembly processing trade (processing firm sources and pays for … and profitability rise from pure assembly to processing with imports to ordinary trade. However, more profitable trade …

We argue that, under certain conditions, firms consider exports as a substitute for domestic demand. Our econometric …

imports by domestic alternatives, and was stronger for smaller firms’ exports. …. Combining a dataset of Argentinean firm-level destination-specific wine exports with quality ratings, we show that higher … quality exports grew faster before the crisis, but this trend reversed during the recession. Quantitatively, the effect is …

causal effects on product quality, production efficiency, and exports. Poor management practices may thus hinder trade and …

We argue that, under certain conditions described by a sunk cost hysteresis model, firms consider exports as a … export market and vice versa takes place in a smooth manner. Areas of weak reaction of exports to changes in domestic demand …