This paper investigates the determinants of export behavior among Indian manufacturing firms, focusing in particular on the role of technology, cost and imported intermediate inputs. Our evidence suggests that innovation, in particular R&D, positively affects both firms' probability to export...

Will export affect corporate innovation? Using comprehensive data from 2002 to 2016, we find that Chinese firms file more patents in response to international demand. To establish causality, we explore exogenous shock in exchange rate policy in 2005, which converts from a fixed regime into a...