This paper surveys the recent body of work in economics on the importance of global value
chains (GVCs) in shaping international trade flows and production patterns. On the empirical …

This article reviews the empirical evidence on firm heterogeneity in international trade. A first
wave of empirical findings from microdata on plants and firms proposed challenges for …

Global Production is the first book to provide a fully comprehensive overview of the
complicated issues facing multinational companies and their global sourcing strategies. Few …

Domestic institutions can have profound effects on international trade. This chapter reviews
the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of this insight. Particular attention is paid to …

Many new exporters give up exporting very shortly, despite substantial entry costs; others
shoot up foreign sales and expand to new destinations. We develop a model based on …

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 …

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 …

This paper analyzes the interaction between credit constraints and trading behavior,
decomposing trade in extensive and intensive margins. I construct a unique dataset …

Exporting abroad is much harder than selling at home, and overcoming hurdles to exporting
takes time. Our goal is to identify specific barriers to exporting and to measure their …

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 …