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 …

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 …