. 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 …

thought and permeates policy debates. This paper studies the microeconomic structure of export growth in Costa Rica, with … special emphasis on the extensive margin of trade, encompassing new exporting firms, new products, and new export markets, as … - more than 40 percent of firms exit export activities after one year - and this firm turnover is associated with a steady …

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 …