domestic market, better performers engage in export activities, and the top firms establish foreign subsidiaries. Using German …

This paper investigates the relationship between firm heterogeneity and a firm's decision to export, using the annual … find that entry sunk costs and firm characteristics are important factors in explaining a firm's decision to export … implications. Export platform FDI is used to explain the behavior of foreign firms that invest in Thailand. Using three measures of …

This paper uses firm-level data for Mexican exporters to understand how firm-level export decisions shape a country …-series variation in the export supply decisions of firms. It is found that the cross-sectional variation of exports is mostly accounted … exporting firms that retain their export status from year to year. …

of services on productivity for firms not operating on the export market. …

heterogeneous firms that generates learning effects through competition in the export markets. The estimations perfirmed on the …

We explore the link between globalization of the retail sector and the export activity of firms from their origin … firms with IFS certification have better export performance on markets where French retailers operate. We find that … certified French firms are more likely to export, and export larger volumes, than non-certified firms to markets where French …

productivity improvements due to entry into export markets suggesting that the productivity gains are associated with the removal …