, and survival in export markets. The analysis finds that uncertainty in the time to clear imported inputs impacts neither …, as firms delay exiting the export market. Most importantly, the measure of uncertainty displays a distinctive effect on … related to import processing times at the border could impact downstream export dynamics. Exploiting a rich data set built on …

This article studies how product introduction decisions relate to profitability and uncertainty in the context of multi … quite different. The theoretical predictions about the sign of the impact of uncertainty on product entry are not conclusive …. Therefore, an econometric model relating firms' product introduction decisions with profitability and profit uncertainty is …

Using firm and industry data, we establish two facts: (i) Uncertainty about demand conditions not only reduces export … of export shares from the most to the least productive incumbents. Greater skewness of the demand distribution and …

Firms adjust to differences in market size and demand uncertainty by changing the frequency and size of their export … uncertainty by reducing their sales and, for a given export volume, by reducing their number of shipments and increasing their … well as inventory and per shipments costs. Using a cross section of monthly firm-product-destination level French export …

convex marginal cost function. Firms adjust to increased uncertainty by reducing their sales and, for a given export volume …This paper analyzes how firms adjust to differences in market size and demand uncertainty by changing the frequency and … size of their export shipments. In our inventory model, transportation costs and optimal shipment frequency are determined …