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Productivity, networks, and export performance: evidence from a cross-country fi
rm dataset
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Abstract
This paper uses a newly assembled multi-country multi-industry fi
rm-level dataset to test the effect of productivity and networking on the export probability of
firms. Results are in line with the new-new trade theory and with the literature on the information value of networks. Firms are more likely to export if they are more productive, larger, and if they bene
fit from foreign networks (ownership and
financial linkages), domestic networks (chamber of commerce, links to regulation), and communication networks (E-mail, internet). Firms bear a lower probability of exporting if they have state or labor networks. Overall,
firms with better network connections by one standard deviation enjoy a 15% higher probability of exporting.new-new trade theory; export probability