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 … improving production efficiency and product quality in both countries, but it matters more in China than in the US, especially …

'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 … raise its export price in industries where the scope for quality differentiation is large while to lower its export price in …

foreign tariffs will induce these firms to simultaneously export and invest in productivity. In contrast, lower foreign … tariffs will induce higher-productivity firms to export without investing, as in Melitz (2003). We model this econometrically …

We develop a model of international trade with export quality requirements and two dimensions of firm heterogeneity. In … empirical fact that firm size is not monotonically related with export status: there are small firms that export and large firms … heterogeneity as they imply no variation in export status after size is controlled for. We find strong support for the predictions …

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

Large firms play a pivotal role in international trade, shaping the export patterns of countries. We propose and … comparative advantage embodied in outstanding individual firms. We develop an SMM-based estimation procedure, which takes full …-data with information on firm domestic and export sales across manufacturing industries. We find that granularity accounts for …

either limited or strong scope for quality differentiation. Using customs data for China during 2002-2006, we empirically … top-quality products on the intensive margin. The product quality ladder also governs firms ' export dynamics, both in …

This paper studies how reduction in trade policy uncertainty affects firm export decisions. Using a firm-product level … dataset on Chinese exports to the United States and the European Union in the years surrounding China's WTO accession, we … export activity within fine product-level markets. In addition, we uncover accompanying changes in export product prices and …