This paper contributes to two strands of literature on empirical models of trade flows and trade policy. The first and the older strand is that of gravity models of bilateral trade flows going back to Hans Linneman (1966) and Tinbergen (1962) and its recent applications, particularly by Adams et...

This paper reports the findings from a purposive survey of 400 firms across different regions in India and in selected industry segments. It analyses the factors determining firms' decision to export and their performance, in particular, the role of infrastructure constraints and internal costs....