an international trade context. Evidence from U.S. exports supports this view by suggesting that the elasticity of demand …

We study how financial frictions affect firm-level heterogeneity and trade. We build a model where productivity … dispersed outcomes. As a result, credit frictions make firms smaller and more homogeneous, and hinder the volume of exports …

investigate the relation between firms' trading activities (importing, exporting or both) and productivity. We find important self … degree of technological and organizational complexity. We also show that, to the extent that imports and exports are … correlated within firms, failing to control for the importing activity leads to overstated average productivity premia of …

The knowledge of the drivers of food losses in international trade and possible mitigation strategies is still limited …. This study focused on the prevalence and drivers of food loss in Indonesian tuna exported to the European Union, the United … States, and Japan. The results showed that various existing Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) are in place to ensure food safety …

causal effects on product quality, production efficiency, and exports. Poor management practices may thus hinder trade and … quality. Combining six micro-datasets on management prac- tices, production and trade in Chinese and American firms, we find … quality, and lower quality-adjusted prices. Finally, they also use a wider range of inputs, higher quality and more expensive …