narrowly defined goods that differ substantially with the characteristics of firms and export markets. We control for selection … into export markets using a three-stage estimator. We have three main results. First, we find that that highly productive … correlation between distance and export prices found by Baldwin and Harrigan (2011) is largely due to a composition effect. Third …

This paper: outlines an algorithm for concording U.S. ten-digit Harmonized System export and import codes over time …

producers. I use this method to decompose cross-plant variation in price and export status into a quality and an efficiency … firm's export decision is shown to be inconsistent with the traditional iceberg trade cost formulation and points to the …

Using firm-level data on export transactions, we uncover a rich set of results about the extensive margins of exporting … changes in annual export flows of single-unit, smaller, and younger firms. Young, small firms perform best during both periods … supplier, and U.S. importer-foreign supplier pair levels. While export flows are closely correlated with global business cycles …

The fact that large manufacturing plants export relatively more than small plants has been at the foundation of much … the effect of distance, distinct from any border effect. Export destinations tend to be further than domestic destinations …