, policies aimed at increasing exports should concentrate their efforts on increasing the size of those firms with lower export … competitiveness. This paper re-examines the link between firm size and exports. The new theories of international trade emphasize firm … heterogeneity as the theoretical basis of export behavior. In the context of this heterogeneity, the paper uses the quantile …

This study analyzes the relationship among exports, firm size, and firm dynamics by examining the open economy of … Germany. In the German economic system, exports account for about one third of total sales by manufacturing firms. This study … identifies causes and consequences of exports. It contributes to the existing research in three ways: 1) it presents evidence on …

' decision to export. The model sheds light on the affirmations of the founding models of the 'new theory of international trade …', in particular the role of productivity and sunk costs of exporting in the firms’ export decision. It also takes into …