This paper uses firm-level data for Mexican exporters to understand how firm-level export decisions shape a country's aggregate exports. The data allows for a characterization of both the crosssectional distribution of Mexican exports, across destinations and across exporting firms, and of the...

Many empirical studies have examined the cyclical nature of the markup ratio. Until recently, few have attempted to ascertain the changes in the markup over a longer time horizon. These changes are of no less interest in view of the posited effects of increasing import competition and lower...

The data obtained by Gaidar Institute's business surveys show that anticipations concerning consumer growth in May, which encouraged enterprises to increase their output, were not borne out, and the June growth in output against weakening demand became a problem for the Russian industrial...