that firms that both export and import are the most productive, followed by importing-, exporting-only firms and nontraders …. Secondly, the authors estimate the determinants of the extensive and intensive margins of exports and imports using dynamic … imports than for exports pointing to the existence of sunk costs in both activities. Moreover, past productivity does affect …

that firms that both export and import are the most productive, followed by importing-, exporting-only firms and non …-traders. Secondly, they estimate the determinants of the extensive and intensive margins of exports and imports using dynamic panel … that both activities present a high degree of hysteresis, which is higher for imports than for exports pointing to the …

robot adoption on the firm level export performance consists on combining propensity score matching (PSM) and difference in … differences (DID) techniques. The results show that firms that start to use robots experience a sharp increase in their export … probability, export sales and share of exports in total output and this result is robust to a wide array of checks. Robot adoption …