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

information on the UK's imports and trade policies, we find that policy can explain the majority of Britain's shift towards … Imperial imports in the 1930s. Trade policy mattered, a lot. …