Using firm level data this study investigates the relation between export activity and firm’s profitability. The paper … more standard within the empirical trade literature, by regression techniques that try to identify an “export premium …”. -- Export premium ; productivity ; profitability …

country-specific fixed cost in the choice of direct versus indirect modes of export. Recent theoretical work suggests that …

mechanism, but also to efficiency improvements following the export activity. We find heterogeneous post entry effects with … propensity score matching and Differences in Differences techniques. -- Self selection ; Post-entry effects ; Export ; Matching …

export premia. Third, we look at how the wage and the employment structures of trading firms change with the country of …

sales, and we show that import is even more concentrated than export both within sectors and along the sector and country …

- namely two-way traders - from firms that only export, and from those that only import. We show that two-way traders have a … export or import. The paper also looks at how the wages and the skill structure of the trading firms change with the country …

international trade, together with some new facts. First, the availability of information on import and export enables us to … differentiate firms involved in both trading activities - namely two-way traders - from firms that only export, and from those that … only import. We show that firms engaged in both import and export outperform those involved in either importing or …