international export performance at the firm level. To this end, we use Belgian firm-level data for the period 1999-2010 to analyze … significant negative effect of unit labor costs on export performance of firms with an estimated elasticity of the intensive … costs reduce the probability of starting to export for non-exporters and increase the probability of exporters stopping …

export markets. To date, the analysis of demand factors has received much less attention. We propose a new model where …

imports according to the country of origin. Looking at the export side, we find a positive effect of exports on the industry …

imports according to the country of origin. Looking at the export side, we find a positive effect of exports on the industry …

demand in export markets. More specifically, services exports tend to decline on average 5% less than exports of goods …

heterogeneity within countries. We find that the weak export growth of France is at least partly due to poor performance by small …. Our results highlight the importance of firm heterogeneity in understanding aggregate export growth …