This paper tests some of the predictions of recent advances in trade theory that have …

firms with IFS certification have better export performance on markets where French retailers operate. We find that …We explore the link between globalization of the retail sector and the export activity of firms from their origin … trade cost advantage for retailers’ domestic suppliers, or a shift in foreign demand from which benefit all origin country …

participation and productivity at the firm and establishment-level. We test whether recent theories of international trade with …This study presents recently available data on the microstructure of Dutch exports and the relation between export … heterogeneous firms can explain the patterns in the Dutch data. We find significant evidence that firms self-select into export …

first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of foreign …

total factor productivity, we also find that highly productive firms self-select into the export market. The implication for …This paper investigates the relationship between firm heterogeneity and a firm's decision to export, using the annual … find that entry sunk costs and firm characteristics are important factors in explaining a firm's decision to export …

Productivity growth may be affected particularly for developing countries by international linkages or technology … transfer. We evaluate relationships between productivity and FDI, exports, imports and licensing for Turkish manufacturing … plants in the apparel, textiles, and motor vehicles industries. We assess performance premia associated with these …

This paper compares the performance of purely domestic plants, domestic exporters and domestic multinationals. For our … differences in plant performance between domestic exporters and non-exporters. …

productivity. We also find that only equity ownership from foreign firms can have such a positive impact, but not ownership from … channels through which foreign ownership exerts a positive impact on firm productivity …

This paper compares the performance of purely domestic plants, domestic exporters and domestic multinationals. For our … the cumulative distributions of the measures of plant performance across the three types of plants we find that the … plant performance between domestic exporters and non-exporters, although the latter finding may be due to the lack of many …

This paper contributes to the literature on international firm activities and firm performance by providing the first … evidence on the link of productivity and both exports and foreign direct investment (fdi) in services firms from a highly … taking differences along the conditional productivity distribution and firms with extreme values, or outliers, into account …