This paper investigates a largely unexplored dimension of export performance, firm level determinants of export diversification. We extend innovation studies and enrich the export literature by analyzing the role of firms’ ...

This paper develops and tests a model of growth in that emphasizes the introduction of new export as the main source of growth in countries that are far within the world technological frontier and that depend for growth ...

This article conducts a comparative analysis of the diversification of El Salvador’s baskets of exports to the United States and Central America. It uses the most detailed level of disaggregation available and organizes ...

In this document explains among the caribbean region, the national policy objectives for the agricultural sector may be conveniently summarised according to four broad objectives: 1) to increase competitiveness of fresh ...

Using a large dataset for 79 countries covering the period 19622000, this study analyses the main determinants of export diversification (concentration). We explore the role of several factors and we use three different ...

We study the micro dynamics of new exports from a country. The modern international trade workhorse models (e.g. Melitz, 2003) assume heterogeneous productivity and, implicitly, predict that the ex-post largest exporters ...

This research analyzes the impact of international diversification on the performance of Chilean exporting firms. Considering a sample of 47 companies listed on the Santiago Stock Exchange during the period 2003–2013, ...