, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) to investigate the links between firm age and the participation of the firms in export …, the share of exports in total sales, the number of countries exported to, and the participation in import. The big picture … revealed is in line with the theoretical considerations. Older firms tend to be more often exporters and importers, they export …

simultaneously import intermediate inputs and export (vertically specialized firms à la Hummels et al., The Nature and Growth of …The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the probability of ceasing to export is lower for firms that …, sourcing inputs from abroad plays an important role in continuing to export. Thus, it seems that small firms which are both …

. Services firms are more likely to import than to export. Their prevalent type of trade is trade in goods. The complexity of …

firms is somewhat less dominated by firms that both export and import than trade by manufacturing firms. In terms of value …. Few firms export many services or to many countries. Those firms that export services to many countries account for a … large share of export value; this is not the case for all countries for the firms which export many services. -- exports …

. We combine information on rejections with Chinese firm-level export data. Border rejections amplify the turnover among …

that firms that both export and import are the most productive, followed by importing-, exporting-only firms and non … exports and the initial condition status is also only relevant for the import side. Similar outcomes are obtained for the …