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 …

We review the literature that studies the dynamics of firms in foreign markets, at both the
intensive and extensive margins, and their aggregate implications. We first summarize a set …

This paper studies how reduction in trade policy uncertainty affects firm export decisions.
Using a firm–product level dataset on Chinese exports to the United States and the …

We estimate the elasticity of exports to credit using matched customs and firm-level bank
credit data from Peru. To account for non-credit determinants of exports, we compare …

Do export sanctions cause export deflection? Data on Iranian non-oil exporters between
January 2006 and June 2011 shows that two-thirds of these exports were deflected to non …

This article analyzes the heterogeneous reaction of exporters to real exchange rate changes
using a very rich French firm-level data set with destination-specific export values and …

Market size matters for innovation and hence for productivity. Improved access to foreign
markets will thus encourage firms to simultaneously export and invest in raising productivity …

I provide novel evidence for the impact of trade policy uncertainty on exporters. In a dynamic,
heterogeneous firms model, trade policy uncertainty will delay the entry of exporters into …

We show that very large firms shape country export patterns. Among 32 countries, the top
firm on average accounts for 14% of a country's total (nonoil) exports, and the top five firms …

We investigate and compare countries' export growth based on their performance at the
extensive and intensive export margins. Our empirical approach is motivated by an …