Why is it that exporter productivity premia (EPP) differ so widely in size? We take this question to the theory and to … EPPs across sectors, and hence across countries, can be explained by the variation in productivity dispersion, trade costs …

We derive exact conditions relating the distributions of firm productivity, sales, output, and markups to the form of … Marginal Revenue): it is necessary and sufficient for the distributions of productivity and sales to have the same form …

Using Difference-in-Differences estimation and data from the European Community Household Panel, this paper suggests …