While many studies explain the correlation between firm-level productivity and export status entirely by better firms … to new clients. We show that small firms with a lot of outstanding trade credit expand sales the most following export … provinces with weaker institutions. The same type of firms also enjoy the largest productivity gains immediately following …

Export is an important contributor to growth with numerous direct and indirect macroeconomic benefits. Moreover, firms …

firms' export performance. Drawing on Porter hypothesis and firm heterogeneity theory, we adopt a structural model where … assess whether induced productivity influences the extensive and intensive margin of exports. Relying on a rich firm …-level dataset on Italian manufacturing, our results show that firms with higher productivity, induced among other factors by green …

in export mix and by firm size. In general, export mix changes are associated with improvements on productivity, although … export mix are more important for firm growth in large firms, but not in terms of productivity. In contrast, SMEs can have a … higher potential for productivity improvement through export product churning but this does not translate necessarily in …