', in particular the role of productivity and sunk costs of exporting in the firms’ export decision. It also takes into …' decision to export. The model sheds light on the affirmations of the founding models of the 'new theory of international trade … firms, regardless of their productivity level, enter foreign markets every year with little sales and cease all exporting …

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 …

productivity, which reinforces the importance of accounting for firm export status to study the evolution of productivity. …This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity (TFP) in Brazilian manufacturing firms over … assumptions (exogenous and endogenous law of motion for productivity) following Wooldridge's (On estimating firm-level production …

competition from demand shocks in export markets – and the induced product mix reallocations – induce productivity changes within …We document how demand shocks in export markets lead French multi-product exporters to re-allocate the mix of products … sold in those destinations. In response to positive demand shocks, those French firms skew their export sales towards their …