investigate determinants of firm export performance in Ukraine. The study is based on the BEEPS firm level data compiled by EBRD …Following the new strand in the new trade theory literature that focuses on firm heterogeneity in this paper we … that the probability of exporting is related to the level of productivity, the firm size, R&D expenditure, the share of …

access global markets more successfully. Previous studies in the field of firm-level export performance have sought to … ascertain several important determinants of export performance however, giving little attention to the effect of clustering … towards the same. Hence, the current study empirically attempts to examine the effect of clustering on firm-export performance …

productivity, where in equilibrium the model shows that exporters invest more in innovation, such as research and development (R … (2003) method of estimating firm productivity and matching econometrics to control for endogeneity. The results show, on … innovation among firms that export processed goods, specifically, those in the electronics sectors, located in coastal provinces …

Unternehmen aus den verschiedenen Gruppen unterscheiden sich zwischen den Teilen Deutschlands nur geringfügig. -- Import ; Export …

In this study we provide detailed evidence on the importance and performance of exporters compared to non-exporters in … the exceptional role of exporting firms with respect to various size and performance measures. We provide both descriptive … as well as econometric evidence on these export premia' along these lines and further present a brief comparison with …

participation and productivity at the firm and establishment-level. We test whether recent theories of international trade with …This study presents recently available data on the microstructure of Dutch exports and the relation between export … heterogeneous firms can explain the patterns in the Dutch data. We find significant evidence that firms self-select into export …

investigates empirically how firms organize their export trade. If selling directly, sunk costs of foreign market entry are … firms we investigate the relationship between firm productivity and the use of export intermediaries. Our estimation results … take simultaneity problems into account and reveal that indeed low productivity firms tend to export through intermediaries …

trade politics. Variations in productivity and size lead to systematic variations in both market and political behaviors … others, while a large portion of producers is indifferent to trade-policy reform. The relationship between productivity and …. These similarly lead to systematic variations in policy stances: highly productive firms are more likely to favor trade …