Does entry into the export market enhance firms' productivity? In this paper, we estimate the instantaneous and long …-run effects of exporting on the productivity of Chinese manufacturing firms during 2001 and 2007. We argue that pre-export R … propensity score matching in our estimation, we find that: (1) On average, starting to export has an instantaneous effect in …

driven by firms that engage only in export processing – the activity of assembling tariff exempted imported inputs into final … export value, are engaged in processing trade only. These firms are 4% to 30% less productive than non-exporters. For other …

driven by the presence of firms that engage in export processing – the activity of assembling tariff exempted imported inputs … total export value, are engaged in processing trade only. These firms are 4% to 30% less productive than non …

have better export performance than private domestic firms, and that this advantage is systematically greater in sectors at … higher levels of financial vulnerability measured in a variety of ways. These patterns are manifest in firms' export sales …, export product scope and number of export destinations. They are also more pronounced when firms face higher trade costs …

and joint ventures trade more and import more products from more source countries, but export fewer products to fewer … international trade and the importance of foreign ownership for firms’ export and import decisions …

examiners to identify the causal effect of a US patent grant on the subsequent export performance of Chinese firms. Successful … first-time patent applicants achieve significantly higher export growth, compared to otherwise similar first-time applicants …