Using firm level data this study investigates the relation between export activity and firm’s profitability. The paper … more standard within the empirical trade literature, by regression techniques that try to identify an “export premium …”. -- Export premium ; productivity ; profitability …

This paper uses comparable firm level data from France, Italy and Spain to test a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER … 2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non … export nor engage in R&D. These results are in line with findings for Argentina reported by Bustos, and with findings for …

Italy's main export market, the EU15 … labour costs (-1.4%/year) and less favourable exchange rates (-2.0%/year). By far the most important determinant of export … period. Our results also indicate that China's impact on Italian export performance is small and if anything positive. Much …

different, depending on whether the export decision refers to a core or a peripheral market, it is plausible that while firms …. Second, using firm-product-destination-specific export data for all firms in the Swedish food chain for the period 1997 … that firms will indeed tend to stay longer in their core markets, while export decisions regarding peripheral markets are …