We develop a model of international trade with export quality requirements and two dimensions of firm heterogeneity. In … empirical fact that firm size is not monotonically related with export status: there are small firms that export and large firms … heterogeneity as they imply no variation in export status after size is controlled for. We find strong support for the predictions …

This paper presents theory and evidence from highly disaggregated Chinese data that tariff reductions induce a country …'s producers to upgrade the quality of the goods that they export. The paper first documents two stylized facts regarding the … effect of trade liberalization on export prices and its relation with product differentiation. Next, the paper develops a …

We explore in this paper the role of export subsidies when goods arriving from foreign countries are initially of … goods, consumers view price as a signal of quality, a role for export subsidies can arise. In particular, we show that … absent export subsidies, entry of high quality firms may be blocked by their inability to sell at prices reflecting their …

This paper examines the extent to which the destination of exports matters for the input prices paid by firms, using … detailed customs and firm-product-level data from Portugal. We use exchange-rate movements as a source of variation in export …

top-quality products on the intensive margin. The product quality ladder also governs firms ’ export dynamics, both in …

We examine the employment responses to import competition from China and to global export expansion from the United …, at both the industry level and the local commuting zone level, the global export expansion of US products also creates a … considerable number of jobs. On balance over the entire 1991-2007 period, job gains due to changes in US global exports were …

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

This paper re-explores the relation between a country's level of wealth and the mix of products it exports. We argue … relationship between a country's export mix and its wage (GDP per capita). We show that this non-monotonicity permeates the 1980 … and (2) for the poorest third of countries, changes in export mix substantially over-predict growth in GDP per capita …

We establish the following stylized facts: (1) Exports are characterized by Big Hits, (2) the Big Hits change from one … are inconsistent with the traditional view that sees African exports as a passive commodity endowment, where changes are … driven mostly by global commodity prices. In order to better understand the determinants of export success in Africa we …