exporting and the average export intensity is about five to six percent. By contrast, the firm-level databases on manufacturing … such a big difference arises in the indicators of export performance between plant-level and firm-level data. Based on the … participation and export intensity are presumably relatively low. If the coverage of the firm-level analysis could be extended to …

dynamic discrete choice model of a firm’s decision to import and export. A firm needs to pay either sunk costs to initiate an …Firms display remarkable persistence in exporting and importing status. However, export and import status do not … overlap perfectly, as some exporters do not import while some importers do not export. Motivated by these facts, I develop a …

export and that export participation is highly persistent. There is also evidence supporting the learning by exporting … hypothesis and the results suggest a significant export premium of between 15 and 24 per cent, controlling for differences in …. We conclude that the Mozambican Export Promotion Institute could play an important role in overcoming this information …

emerging markets due to a scarcity of firm level information. Using a unique firm-level dataset, we test the impact of currency …