This paper presents a dynamic model of the export decision by a profit-maximizing firm. Using a panel of U … government export promotion expenditures. Entry and exit in the export market by U.S. plants is substantial, past exporters are … apt to reenter, and plants are likely to export in consecutive years. However, we find that entry costs are significant …

manufacturing sector. This paper examines the source of this export boom and argues that the boom itself has been less remarkable … for the rate of growth of exports than for the striking increase in export intensity. This increase in export intensity … income are the dominant sources for the export increase, while productivity increases in U.S. plants play a relatively small …

This paper investigates the effect of export shocks on innovation. On the one hand a positive shock increases market … export market. This in turn reduces profits and therefore innovation incentives particularly for firms with low productivity …. Overall the positive impact of the export shock on innovation is magnified for high productivity firms, whereas it may …