uncover the determinants of the fickle and stable parts of firm export product mix, we use a cross section of firm …

. Export diversification along the extensive margin is inextricable from the introduction of new export products. The authors … test the hypothesis that the threat of imitation inhibits the introduction of new exports - export discoveries - under the … within countries and industries rise with the growth of exports along the intensive margin (relative to the growth of non-export …

investment inflows, with inflows motivated by "horizontal" foreign direct investment associated with negligible changes in export … investment and exports, but on average foreign direct investment inflows tended to precede export surges within two year horizons …

-selection hypothesis and show that starting to export yields an extra TFP growth that emerges since a firm's first year of exporting but … productivity, which reinforces the importance of accounting for firm export status to study the evolution of productivity. …

This paper investigates the relation between firms' productivity and exporting behavior in presence of export … productivity-sorting prediction according to which domestic firms are less efficient than those resorting to an export intermediary …, while the latter are less productive than producers which export directly. Our novel finding is that firms' productivity has …