Following along the lines of a growing literature on the causal link between exporting and productivity this paper … addition to good firms self-selecting into exports and multinational production exporting (multinational production) further … conclusive evidence of learning-by-exporting. Namely, although new exporters experienced a surge in productivity in the initial …

There is extensive empirical evidence pointing to the exsistence of sunk costs to exporting. Only higher productivity … econometric analyses reports that exporters are more productive than non-exporters. But what happens to their productivity … trajectory once they have entered? Theory points to the possibiliity of a further productivity boost, attributable to the effects …

This paper investigates various aspects of the links between exporting and productivity for a large sample of firms in … rely on an unmatched sample of firms we can find some evidence of further productivity improvement after entry, but this …

lower income country, such as Colombia, the lower share of exports remains a puzzle. This paper begins by illustrating the … wealthier individuals produce and consume higher quality products. Predictions of the model are tested on Colombian plant level … data from 1981-1991. Overall, product quality is shown to be a significant factor in explaining the tendency for Colombian …

, exploring the determinants of entry to and survival in export markets, with firm level productivity as a key driver. This paper …

manifest as higher variable trade costs for lower quality firms. In addition to "productivity", firms are also heterogeneous in …We develop a model of international trade with two dimensions of firm heterogeneity and export quality constraints that … their "caliber" -- the ability to develop high-quality products with lower fixed outlays. The model predicts various …

changes in non-price factors (quality in a broad sense) for a set of nine large emerging economies (Argentina, Brazil, Chile …