This paper investigates how firm size and global sourcing affect the export surviving probabilities. By using data on … export and import transactions disaggregated by destination/origin for the entire Danish manufacturing firms between the … continue or cease to export. Moreover, he is able to define whether the firms source intermediate inputs from high- or low …

heterogeneity as the theoretical basis of export behavior. In the context of this heterogeneity, the paper uses the quantile … regression methodology to analyze the effect of firm size on firm export propensity (percentage of exported sales). The paper … confirms the existence of a positive relationship between firm size and export intensity but finds that the conventional …

This paper provides a direct test of how fixed export costs and productivity jointly determine firm-level export … behavior. Using Chilean data, we construct indices of fixed export costs for each industry-region-year triplet and match them … to domestic firms. Our empirical results show that firms facing higher fixed export costs are less likely to export …