exports from the top 1 percent of firms in a country -- export superstars. In contrast, the sectoral distribution of exports … across sectors is very similar across countries. This paper also finds that current export superstars typically entered the … export market relatively large, reached the top 1 percent after less than three years of exporting, and account for more than …

effect of export fluctuations (driven by changes in foreign demand) seems to be attenuated by labor market rigidities, such …

The authors use a new dataset on export transactions for a large set of Latin American and Caribbean and comparator … countries to assess the extent of "export entrepreneurship" during periods of fast export growth (2005-2007) and depressed … external demand (2008-2009). Export entrepreneurship is equated with the extensive margin of exports, namely the advent of new …

, this paper reveals some novel patterns. First, although services firms have on average a much lower propensity to export …

market access: African firms are located further away from wealthier or denser potential export markets. A second occurs …