subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for …

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. …

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 …

is evidence that firms with fdi are less productive than firms that export. …

workforce sheds new light on the role of highly qualified employees for success on export markets that is not revealed by the …

the micro-structure of the recent export collapse in manufacturing industries in Germany during the crisis of 2008 …/2009. Almost all of the decline in exports was due to negative changes of exports in firms that continue to export (i.e. at the so …-called intensive margin) while the decrease of exports due to export stoppers (at the so-called extensive margin) was tiny. It is shown …

those contributing to export by the largest margin. Business network effects seem particularly important in stimulating …

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