Why is it that exporter productivity premia (EPP) differ so widely in size? We take this question to the theory and to …

competing theory based on the alternative assumption that quality is exogenous across firms would predict completely opposite …

export cost. The model provides several novel insights which are consistent with recent empirical evidence. Thus, a minimum …

export prices. We identify a theoretical mechanism behind these links, which suggests that a more unequal income distribution … leads to higher average prices. We test the theory using detailed data for Brazilian exporters and find that the destination … countries ́first and second moment of the income distribution are important determinants of export prices. Controlling for …

This paper explores firms' export dynamics in emerging economies where local firms face stiff foreign competition, both … at home and abroad, and thus compelled to choose the level of quality in which to export. We develop and test a model of … vertical product differentiation where the link between export performance and product quality is central. The impact of other …

This paper explores an under-researched margin of firms' export adjustments in response to negative trade policy shocks …: export reallocation across markets. Using detailed Chinese customs data spanning from 2000 to 2015 and a difference …-in-differences approach, we compare export dynamics between multi-destination exporters that were subject to antidumping (AD) duties and those …

broad support for the model's predictions. First, better managed firms are more likely to export, sell more products to more … destination countries, and earn higher export revenues and profits. Second, better managed exporters have higher prices, higher …