This paper explores firms' export dynamics in emerging economies where local firms face stiff foreign competition, both … at home and abroad, and thus compelled to choose the level of quality in which to export. We develop and test a model of … vertical product differentiation where the link between export performance and product quality is central. The impact of other …

types of innovation resulting in opposing effects on marginal production costs and prices. In general equilibrium, financial …). Consequently, credit tightening leads to firm exit, increased innovation activity among existing suppliers, and welfare losses that …

of the heterogeneous firm models from the new new trade theory is that exporters are more productive than non … study reports that these low-productivity exporters are not marginal exporters defined according to the share of exports in … total sales, or export participation over time, or the number of goods exported, or the number of countries exported to …

's exports and the distance to destination countries for Germany. To anticipate the most important result, it is shown that the …

profitability and the quality of exports in enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany, one of the leading actors on the …

of input factors and the quality of exports in enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany, one of the leading …-quality goods tend to use high-quality inputs, while the firm size is not related at all to export quality. …