investigate determinants of firm export performance in Ukraine. The study is based on the BEEPS firm level data compiled by EBRD … each year of our sample as well as for the pooled dataset that includes all years. Our pooled estimation results indicate … that the probability of exporting is related to the level of productivity, the firm size, R&D expenditure, the share of …

Firms display remarkable persistence in exporting and importing status. However, export and import status do not … overlap perfectly, as some exporters do not import while some importers do not export. Motivated by these facts, I develop a … dynamic discrete choice model of a firm’s decision to import and export. A firm needs to pay either sunk costs to initiate an …

of the productivity variable. We also find that export processors gain more when entering the industrialised North rather …China's policy of encouraging export processing has been the topic of much discussion in the academic literature and … economically and statistically significant positive causal effects of entering into export processing and ordinary export markets …