firm heterogeneity and international trade, together with some new facts. In particular, we find that importing can be as …This paper offers a portrait of Italian firms that trade goods. Combining data on firms' structural characteristics and … important as exporting as a source of firm heterogeneity. First, we document that trade is more concentrated than employment and …

dissimilarity measures instead of rank correlations, we observe a great deal of variability among the product-mixes a firm exports …

Using firm level data on Italian manufacturing industry, we examine how trade activities are related to workforce … consistent with multi-attribute models on firm heterogeneity and trade. In fact we show that even after controlling for various … workers than non exporters. Second, we consider the engagement of firms in international transactions, either by means of …

The paper examines the causal effect of financial constraints on firm exports. We exploit a firm-level proxy of … strategy allows to cure for self-selection into exports and endogeneity of financial constraints. At the same time, we can … exports of within firm changes in financial constraints status. We find that financial constraints produce a sizable reduction …

' product scope and the number of trade partners. We enrich previous analyses showing that financial problems influence firms …