This paper studies the relationship between firm markups and importing intermediate inputs and exporting using detailed … theoretical framework, where firms lower their markup when exporting to more competitive foreign markets and where importing …

main results are: (i) Exporting is positively correlated with markups; (ii) Importing intermediate inputs and outsourcing …

main results are: (i) Exporting is positively correlated with markups; (ii) Importing intermediate inputs and outsourcing …

entrants, in total exports and imports) in destination countries of exports and countries of origin of imports on the one hand … trade dynamics and trade costs. It shows results for the dynamics of Germany’s goods trade as a whole, and for trade with … empirical study that searches for links between measures of trade dynamics (entry, exit and survival rates, and share of …