This study analyzes how export duration affects firms' export product quality. On the basis of Chinese firms' micro … data, we find that export duration has a significantly positive effect on the export product quality of firms by promoting … their productivity and innovation ability. This study shows that the effect of export duration on the product quality of …

broad support for the model's predictions. First, better managed firms are more likely to export, sell more products to more … destination countries, and earn higher export revenues and profits. Second, better managed exporters have higher prices, higher … improving production efficiency and product quality in both countries, but it matters more in China than in the US, especially …

total sales, or export participation over time, or the number of goods exported, or the number of countries exported to …. This paper documents that low-productive exporters are competitive because they export high-quality goods. The quality of …

-quality goods tend to use high-quality inputs, while the firm size is not related at all to export quality. …