, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) to investigate the links between firm age and the participation of the firms in export …, the share of exports in total sales, the number of countries exported to, and the participation in import. The big picture … revealed is in line with the theoretical considerations. Older firms tend to be more often exporters and importers, they export …

This paper uses information on more than 160 million export and import transactions by German firms from 2009 to 2012 …

particular, this paper shows that more productive firms are more likely than less productive firms to export, consistent with the …-selection in accounting for export decision, but little gain from learning-by-exporting in the case of Vietnamese Small medium … sized enterprises (SMEs). These findings imply that export promotion policies may not be effective unless accompanied by …

at the employment of engineers and scientists in manufacturing and the export success of the products they make. Major …

We develop a model to estimate simultaneously import shares, export shares, outward foreign direct investment and … response to factor intensity. Profits are disciplined by imports and enhanced by exports. Concentration reduces both import and … export shares but economies of scale increase them. Exports are complements rather than substitutes for foreign direct …