How does export liberalization affect firm location choice and the spatial concentration of economic activity? We … address these questions using the geo-coordinates of Chinese manufacturing firms and find that export widens inter-city and … by the extensive margin. Third, the above effects are not exclusive to industries directly exposed to export shocks but …

in their expectations that the Euro will increase export activity and product innovation, but significantly more East … entering new markets and developing new products is stronger for firms which already export than for those who do not. Further …