competition from demand shocks in export markets – and the induced product mix reallocations – induce productivity changes within …We document how demand shocks in export markets lead French multi-product exporters to re-allocate the mix of products … sold in those destinations. In response to positive demand shocks, those French firms skew their export sales towards their …

. Globalization is shown to induce heterogeneous responses across firms in terms of scope and productivity, some of which are …

liberalization. Firm productivity in a given product is modeled as a combination of firm-level quot;abilityquot; and firm … firm-level ability raises a firm's productivity across all products, which induces a positive correlation between a firm …'s intensive (output per product) and extensive (number of products) margins. Trade liberalization fosters productivity growth …

In this paper I analyze the productivity gains from trade liberalization in the Belgian textile industry. So far …, empirical research has established a strong relationship between opening up to trade and productivity, relying almost entirely … on deflated sales to proxy for output in the production function. The latter implies that the resulting productivity …

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

both a firm's exported product range and product mix. We show how tougher competition in an export market induces a firm to … skew its export sales towards its best performing products. We find very strong confirmation of this competitive effect for … French exporters across export market destinations. Theoretically, this within firm change in product mix driven by the …

adjust traditional measures of multi factor productivity growth for variations in short-run utilization …

This paper characterizes the dynamic empirical properties of country export capabilities in order to inform modelling … heavy-tailed distribution of industry export capabilities that is approximately log normal and whose shape is stable across … productivities. We establish that mean reversion in export capability, rather than indicative of convergence in productivities or …

of income and export intensity. We investigate theoretically and empirically how financial constraints affect a firm …'s innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm … export and hence to catch up to the technological frontiers. This negative effect is amplified as financial constraints force …

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 …