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 … competition from demand shocks in export markets – and the induced product mix reallocations – induce productivity changes within …

Large firms play a pivotal role in international trade, shaping the export patterns of countries. We propose and …-data with information on firm domestic and export sales across manufacturing industries. We find that granularity accounts for … about 20% of the variation in realized export intensity across sectors, and is more pronounced in the most export …

can only export into markets in which they have a contact. They acquire new contacts both at random, and via their network …

broad support for the model's predictions. First, better managed firms are more likely to export, sell more products to more … destination countries, and earn higher export revenues and profits. Second, better managed exporters have higher prices, higher …

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

detailed customs and firm-product-level data from Portugal. We use exchange-rate movements as a source of variation in export …

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 …

driven mostly by global commodity prices. In order to better understand the determinants of export success in Africa we …