Exporting firms often enter foreign markets that are similar to their previous export
destinations. We develop a dynamic model in which a firm's exports in a market may depend …

We estimate how a rise in uncertainty about future tariff rates impacts firm decisions to enter
into and exit from export markets. Using Chinese customs transactions between 2000 and …

More than 80 percent of US imports occur in preexisting firm-to-firm relationships, and
disruptions to them can have large and long-lasting effects. Using US Census data, this …

To quantify trade frictions, we examine multiproduct exporters. We build a flexible general-
equilibrium model and estimate market entry costs using Brazilian firm-product-destination …

This paper examines the links between firm innovation and productivity using the largest
cross-country panel dataset assembled for this purpose to date. We use harmonized and …

We use customs data for Irish firms to show that in successful episodes of export market
entry, there are statistically and economically significant post-entry dynamics of quantities …

This article develops an analytical framework to study firm and exporter growth and provides
a dynamic foundation for a standard general equilibrium trade model. Firm-level growth is …

We study the implications of introducing learning (Jovanovic, 1982) in a standard
monopolistically competitive environment with firm productivity heterogeneity. Our setup …

This paper provides direct evidence that learning about demand is an important driver of
firms' dynamics. We present a model of Bayesian learning in which firms are uncertain about …

Chinese government adopted a new environmental program during “Eleventh Five-Year
Plan” period. Whether this program can achieve its goal of pollution reduction and quality …