This paper studies how learning from neighboring firms affects new exporters' performance.
We develop a statistical decision model in which a firm updates its prior belief about demand …

This paper introduces the Exporter Dynamics Database. The database includes exporter
characteristics and measures of exporter growth based on firm-level customs information …

This paper explores the effect of market access on firms' export performance and their
survival in foreign markets. The data used covers all P eruvian exporting firms between 2002 …

Recent empirical research highlights that differences in trade flows across countries,
products and years are governed by two margins: the intensive margin and the extensive …

The analysis of the effects of firm-level international trade on wages has so far focused on
the role of exports, which are also typically treated as a composite good. However, we show …

From the late 70s onwards, the literature has produced numerous studies, mostly for
developing countries, relating exports and economic growth. Since several European Union …

Textiles and clothing sectors are a relevant part of the Portuguese manufacturing structure
and foreign trade. Taken together, these two sectors represented 2.0 per cent of gross value …

This paper utilizes new Dutch transaction-level data on international trade to investigate the
microeconomic patterns of Dutch exports. First, we show that self-selection based on ex-ante …

We investigate the relationship between exporting, importing, and wage premia using a rich
matched employer-employee data set. We improve on the previous literature (i) by using a …

This paper investigates four cohorts of firms from German manufacturing industries that
started to export between 1998 and 2002, and follows them for five years after the start …