decision by both state controlled and private entities to export in a model with labor adjustment costs. In this complex … environment, a simple decision rule whereby export status depends only on current productivity does not hold. Nor does this rule … match data patterns. The estimated model is used to understand the factors that influence export status. The analysis …

We investigate and compare countries' export growth based on their performance at the extensive and intensive export … export markets but shortly exit when it learns its per- period fixed costs. We apply this insight to disaggregated export … data and confirm that indeed most export relationships are very short lived. We then show that the survival issue is a …

and joint ventures trade more and import more products from more source countries, but export fewer products to fewer … international trade and the importance of foreign ownership for firms' export and import decisions …

We ask how export demand shocks associated with the Asian financial crisis affected Chinese exporters. We construct … outcomes. We find that firms whose export destinations experience greater currency depreciation have slower export growth, and … that export growth leads to increases firm productivity and other firm performance measures. Consistent with quot …

predicts that China's share of export markets should grow most rapidly where China's share is initially large. A corollary is … product, China's export unit values should be increasing in distance. We find strong support for this effect in our empirical …China's trade pattern is influenced not just by its overall comparative advantage in labor intensive goods but also by …

attributable to growth in the quality of Chinese exports and the increase in new products being exported by China …

Dooley et al (2003, 2004a,b,c) argue that China seeks to raise urban employment by 10-12 million persons per year, with … about 30% of that coming from export growth. In fact, total employment increased by 7.5-8 million per year over 1997 …-2005. We estimate that export growth over 1997-2002 contributed at most 2.5 million jobs per year, with most of the employment …

. While the substantial presence of FIEs has contributed greatly to the recent export-led growth of China, an important …

census of China's exports. Intermediaries account for around 20% of China's exports in 2005. This implies that many firms … their mode of export - either directly or indirectly through an intermediary. The model predicts that intermediaries will be …