Export is an important contributor to growth with numerous direct and indirect macroeconomic benefits. Moreover, firms … successful and more productive firms become exporters as a result of their performance i.e. they self-select themselves in the …

separates taste from quality and productivity (TFPQ) at the firm-product level. Export data by destination countries allow us to … revenue. Productivity (TFPQ) differences between firm-products become more prominent than taste in explaining export success …We develop and structurally estimate a trade model in order to identify the importance of consumer taste. The model …

productivity. We also find that only equity ownership from foreign firms can have such a positive impact, but not ownership from … channels through which foreign ownership exerts a positive impact on firm productivity …

This paper compares the performance of purely domestic plants, domestic exporters and domestic multinationals. For our … the cumulative distributions of the measures of plant performance across the three types of plants we find that the … plant performance between domestic exporters and non-exporters, although the latter finding may be due to the lack of many …

In many countries, exports are highly concentrated among a few "superstar"' firms. We estimate the export decisions of … on the universe of Danish trade transactions by firm, product and destination. We also obtain detailed information on … of entry: in the absence of strategic competitive effects, firms would be 53.2 percentage points more likely to export to …

accessing digital platforms are more symmetric across gender than traditional trade costs, digital trade platforms can play an … important role in making trade more gender equal. To assess this hypothesis, we combine information on firms' participation in … ConnectAmericas, a free and purely informational online platform, and detailed firm-level export data of a developing country over a …

Why do export sales increasingly concentrate among a few "superstars"? This paper is the first to argue that the … to adapt their trade and development strategy in light of the shifting competitiveness landscape created by … digitalisation. As the competition structure in the internet era favours superstars, the focus of export-promotion strategies may …

customers. To understand firms' export strategies, we analyse new trade flows - new seller-buyer-product combinations - of … individual exporters. Our first finding highlights that these new trade flows are an important margin for firms of all size … classes, accounting for approximately 62% of their overall trade flows. Classifying new trade flows into going …

customers. To understand firms’ export strategies, we analyse new trade flows – new seller-buyer-product combinations – of … individual exporters. Our first finding highlights that these new trade flows are an important margin for firms of all size … classes, accounting for approximately 62% of their overall trade flows. Classifying new trade flows into going …