What factors determine the decision of a firm to participate in the export market? This paperudlooks into the firm level determinants of both size and international trade. A moreudcomprehensive understanding of the forces behind the firm size-exporting relationship isuddeveloped. The relationship between firm size and exporting is tested using a cross-countryuddataset of developing countries to determine the extent of country specific influences onudinternational trade. These theoretical considerations and cross country tests indicate audpositive, significant relation between exporting and firm size. This relation is robust across alludcountries tested and stands up to all the robustness checks examined in this paper. Regional orudcountry specific indicators affect the level of the relationship, but not its nature.
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