This study reports results from an empirical investigation of business services sector firms that (start to) export … and productivity hold in the years before the export start, which indicates self-selection into exporting of more … relationship between profitability and starting to export is found. …

and sales compared to more exposed firms. We do not find significant differences for export volumes to the UK or elsewhere …

control for issues of self-selection and endogeneity in the firms' decisions to export by providing fixed effects and …

are also reflected in export performances and sales of innovative products. Our results go partially against other …

The lack of information is a relevant obstacle to the export activity of small and medium enterprises. This paper … analyzes whether banks can support firms' export by reducing informational asymmetries about foreign markets. We exploit a … exogenous to firms' export decisions by relying on preexisting lending relationships and exploiting the acquisition of a firm …

modeling the effect of the association agreement on export performances between countries, and to quantify its impact. When …