... export program, for example, when they want to enter an additional export market. Over the years about 25% of the firms participate in the program more than once (Table 1). Exports Export promotion SMEs Firm performance F14 F23 H42 O52 The merits of export promotion efforts...

... seen at: http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Productivity Financial constraints Competition Family firms International trade Ecuador D22 D24 F14 L60 L10 Traditionally, the manufacturing industry has been characterized as a driver of economic growth...

... and imports decreased by 52.5% and 37.8%, respectively. If we add exports to imports and merchandises to services, total Spanish trade decreased by 28.9%. This was the largest biannual drop in Spanish trade in decades. F10 F14 The paper begins with a chronology of the trade collapse generated...

... of exporting and performing FDI. We want to see if management has a direct impact on the firm’s internationalization decisions beyond its impact on productivity. Foreign direct investment International trade Exports Management Productivity Firm heterogeneity F14 M10 C2 In the mid...

... results are in line with expectations. Originality/value Moreover, membership in regional trade agreements does not seem to significantly alter these results. F14 F15 Corruption in the public sector is probably one of the main elements of failures in governance (Acemoglu and Verdier, 2000...