"Theoretical and empirical contributions on export behavior highlight the importance of firms' productivity and their levels of economies of scale on firms' export success in 'foreign' markets. In the context of agglomeration economies, firms enjoy productivity gains when they are located close...

Theoretical and empirical contributions on export behavior highlight the importance of firms' productivity and their levels of economies of scale on firms' export success in "foreign" markets. In the context of agglomeration economies, firms enjoy productivity gains when they are located close...

This paper analyses how exchange rate shocks are transmitted at the firm level and establishes a nexus to firm-level export activity. Using precise survey data from a sample of Swiss firms, I find that an appreciation increases the probability of a decrease in firm-level costs, prices and...

This paper investigates the extent to which international trade hinges onpatents. We analyze the export and patenting activities of the universe of French exporting firms over the period 2002-2011. The noticeable feature of our study is that we observe export and patenting activities worldwide...

Is corporate financial structure a determinant of non-price competitiveness in export markets? In this paper we provide a positive answer to this question by finding that among illiquid exporters leverage is negatively correlated with the quality of their exported goods. This result is obtained...

Manufacturing firms increasingly engage in service trade activities. Microlevel data show that German manufacturers account for roughly 25% of German cross-border producer service exports. I have found that particular construction, engineering, and R&D services are exported. The machinery...

Using China’s accession to WTO in 2001 as an episode for trade liberalization, this paper empirically investigates whether export expansions affect firms’ markup adjustments through local production networks. Following Helm (2020), we construct indirect local export exposure measures to...

In this paper, a comparative analysis is carried out among the industrial sectors in Colombia that have the most employees during 2000-2011. A dynamic simulation is used, and a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is applied in order to obtain an overall index of technical efficiency in Colombia's...

In this paper, a comparative analysis is carried out among the industrial sectors in Colombia that have the most employees during 2000-2011. A dynamic simulation is used, and a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is applied in order to obtain an overall index of technical efficiency in Colombia's...

To understand the drivers of product innovation at the firm level, I compare the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) and exporting on product innovation using a rich firm level database of manufacturing and industrial enterprises. The paper focuses on product innovation, as it is vital to...