that changes in various extensive margins (new markets, new goods) account for over 30 percent of export growth over this …-level characteristics interacting with destination-specific characteristics. We confirm that export growth for “new” products was stronger …

, Kortum and Kramarz, in particular the higher sales in France of firms that choose to export to more destinations. The model … predicts that most firms do not export, and that a large proportion of firms that export in particular markets do so in small …

Exporting firms often enter foreign markets that are similar to previous export destinations. We develop a dynamic … to its previous export destinations (extended gravity). Given the large number of export paths from which forward …, we estimate that having similarities with a prior export destination in geographic location, language, and income per …

We show that in successful episodes of export market entry, there are statistically and economically significant post …

aggregate export and FDI sales relative to the domestic and foreign market sizes. In particular, it is shown that firm level … heterogeneity is an important determinant of relative export and FDI flows. We use the model to derive testable empirical … predictions on the relative aggregate export and FDI sales in a given country for a given sector based both on relative costs and …

reverse this prediction. Data for 1070 large Japanese firms reveal that firms that invest abroad and export are more … productive than firms that just export. Among overseas investors, more productive firms span a wider range of host-country income …

manufacturers: (1) Firms differ substantially in export participation, with most selling only at home; (2) The number of firms …