Trade and growth theories predict a mutual causation of innovation and exports. We test empirically whether innovation … causes exports using a uniquely rich German micro dataset. Our instrumental-variable strategy identifies variation in …

Trade and growth theories predict a mutual causation of innovation and exports. We test empirically whether innovation … causes exports using a uniquely rich German micro dataset. Our instrumental-variable strategy identifies variation in …

Trade and growth theories predict a mutual causation of innovation and exports. We test empirically whether innovation … causes exports using a uniquely rich German micro dataset. To overcome the potential endogeneity, we need to identify … variations in innovations that are exogenous to exports. We argue that this instrumental variable strategy yields estimates of …

this paper is to disentangle the direct and indirect links through which self-selection into exports, coming both from … a self-selection into exports direct effect coming from productivity. Second, there is also a self-selection indirect … effect into exports stemming from productivity to the probability of exporting through process innovations: the higher the …

This paper examines the link between multinational enterprises and plant exit in Chile. We investigate three main … questions: are affiliates of foreign multinationals more likely to exit than domestic firms? Does the exit probability of … multinationals depend on its export orientation?, and Does the presence of multinationals affect the survival of other firms in the …