export their highest-sales products across multiple destinations. To account for these regularities, we develop a model of …

mechanism, but also to efficiency improvements following the export activity. We find heterogeneous post entry effects with …

2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non …-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of … export nor engage in R&D. These results are in line with findings for firms from manufacturing industries. The model …

In this paper, I have examined whether exporters benefit by exporting more, and also whether the productivity benefits … from exporting more are heterogeneous across export destinations. I have conducted my own data collection field work and … account export markets' heterogeneity. I have found that it is only exporting more to developed countries that brings …

international trade, together with some new facts. First, the availability of information on import and export enables us to … differentiate firms involved in both trading activities - namely two-way traders - from firms that only export, and from those that … only import. We show that firms engaged in both import and export outperform those involved in either importing or …

foreign direct investment (FDI) affects firm productivity, when productivity is endogeneous as a function of training. The … main result of our paper is that, with endogeneous productivity, exporting results in lower productivity than does FDI, but … training, higher wages and higher productivity than does production for the home market. A further interesting and unexpected …

and export intensity. We investigate theoretically and empirically how financial constraints affect a firm's innovation … and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm …-specific financial constraints. We find that financial constraints restraint heability of domestically owned firms to innovate and export …

provides first evidence about export and productivity in the German business services sector. The database used is the German …A wide range of empirical studies has analysed the relationship between exports and productivity in the manufacturing … business services enterprises self-select into export markets. However, no evidence is found concerning the hypotheses that …

of income and export intensity. We investigate theoretically and empirically how financial constraints affect a firm …'s innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm … export and hence to catch up to the technological frontiers. This negative effect is amplified as financial constraints force …

, firms that engage in the foreign production of final goods, in addition to export activities, are more productive than firms … that only export abroad. Second, firms that engage in final goods off-shoring are more productive than firms that engage in … inputs off-shoring. Third, in terms of the productivity dynamics over the period 1998-2003, exporters' performance in Italy …