This study surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and
economic growth, and succinctly reviews the role of GATT/WTO in fostering free trade. Most …

Over the past four decades, flourishing empirical research has attempted to establish the
mechanisms and conditions underpinning improvements in exporters' innovation and …

The literature on international trade and firm performance grows exponentially. This paper
attempts to summarize what we learn from this literature to guide future empirical and …

Does an increase in imported inputs raise exports? We provide empirical evidence on the
direct and indirect channels via which importing more varieties of intermediate inputs …

We present new data on the micro-structure of the export sector for 45 countries and study
how exporter behavior varies with country size and stage of development. Larger countries …

Combining data on structural characteristics and economic performance for a large sample
of Italian firms with data on exporting and importing activity, we uncover evidence supporting …

This paper uses a newly available comprehensive panel data set for manufacturing
enterprises from 2001 to 2005 to document the first empirical results on the relationship …

This paper explores how the international exposure of companies influenced their strategies
in responding to the COVID-19 crisis, and the extent to which they were affected. Our …

The literature on firm heterogeneity and trade has highlighted that most trading firms tend to
engage in both importing and exporting activities. This paper provides some evidence that …

Two non‐mutually exclusive hypotheses can explain the empirically established export
premium: self‐selection of more productive firms into export markets and learning‐by …