study reports that these low-productivity exporters are not marginal exporters defined according to the share of exports in … exports is much higher among exporters from the lower end of the productivity distribution than among highly productive …-exporters. However, many firms from the lower end of the productivity distribution are exporters. Germany is a case in point. A recent …

. These findings are established through the estimation of a spatial bivariate probit model. …

export, quality innovation, and cost innovation decisions. Estimation results show that export, quality innovation, and cost … innovation increase next-period firm productivity by 1.39%, 1.23%, and 1.27%, respectively. Additionally, quality innovation … productivity; (2) subsidizing continuing quality innovators generates the highest financial return, and subsidizing continuing cost …

's aggregate exports. The data allows for a characterization of both the crosssectional distribution of Mexican exports, across … destinations and across exporting firms, and of the time-series variation in aggregate exports and its relation to time …-series variation in the export supply decisions of firms. It is found that the cross-sectional variation of exports is mostly accounted …

's exports and the distance to destination countries for Germany. To anticipate the most important result, it is shown that the …

This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

', in particular the role of productivity and sunk costs of exporting in the firms’ export decision. It also takes into … firms, regardless of their productivity level, enter foreign markets every year with little sales and cease all exporting … activities in less than a year; 2) several of high-productivity firms choose to only serve their domestic market. …