Using firm and industry data, we establish two facts: (i) Uncertainty about demand conditions not only reduces export … sales and exporting probabilities but also makes exports less sensitive to trade policy; (ii) the most productive exporters … regularities by developing a new firmbased trade model wherein managers are risk averse. Higher volatility induces the reallocation …

I develop and estimate a model of export dynamics featuring self-discovery that accounts well for new exporter dynamics …: (a) continuation rates that are increasing with tenure, and (b) growth rates of export sales that are decreasing with … discovery stage lasts as long as this option value is positive. I use the model to study the impact of export promotion policies …

, is a key to achieve better export performance. Looking at this direct relationship, it is also found that the SMEs … sharing, etc. and therefore, the variables in the study act as competitive advantage for firms’ better export performance … achieving superior performance in the international markets. Enhancing firms’ commitment towards exporting is one such step …

differ in their export market exposure. Simulating the introduction of trade tariffs we find a substantial reduction in firms … product and process innovation among exporting firms and these innovations have a larger impact on productivity improvement in … export market sales. As a result, exporting firms have a higher payoff from R&D investment, invest in R&D more frequently …

This paper contributes to the literature on international firm activities and firm performance by providing the first … evidence on the link of productivity and both exports and foreign direct investment (fdi) in services firms from a highly … taking differences along the conditional productivity distribution and firms with extreme values, or outliers, into account …

This paper contributes to the literature on international firm activities and firm performance by providing the first … evidence on the link of productivity and both exports and foreign direct investment (fdi) in services firms from a highly … taking differences along the conditional productivity distribution and firms with extreme values, or outliers, into account …

This paper contributes to the literature on international firm activities and firm performance by providing the first … evidence on the link of productivity and both exports and foreign direct investment (fdi) in services firms from a highly … taking differences along the conditional productivity distribution and firms with extreme values, or outliers, into account …

export markets; but entry does not make them any more productive. This paper investigates exporting and firm performance for …Exporting involves sunk costs, so some firms export while others do not. This proposition derives from a number of … increases firm productivity …

We investigate the impact of international outsourcing on productivity using plant level data for Irish manufacturing … on productivity is different for plants being more embedded in international markets through exporting or being part of a …