is then estimated based on quarterly data from 1995Q1 to 2010Q3. For some of the main export partners of Germany outside … German exports. -- Exchange rate movements ; play-hysteresis ; modelling techniques ; switching/spline regression ; export …

In the years before the economic crisis, Portugal had low growth, a decline in export competitiveness and rising … imbalances that included a large current account deficit and a strong expansion of the non-tradable sector. Strengthening export … Portugal started an ambitious structural reform programme in 2011, but more needs to be done to build on the recent export …

This paper explores the effects of two wastewater regulations on export product quality using disaggregated level data …

accessing the expressway network increases export amounts by 7.1%, decreases export prices by 5.2%, and has an insignificant … impact on export revenues. Exploiting the Ming Dynasty Courier Road (1587) as an instrument for the expressway network … suggests that the expressway network’s design is exogenous. Decomposing the effect on export amounts across firms reveals they …

This paper analyses the structure of Greek exports and presents policy recommendations to boost export performance …. Despite recent improvements, export performance deteriorated in the last decade particularly in the service sector. The … has been sluggish due to severe liquidity constraints of exporters, lack of investment in export industries and in part …

Despite Greece’s long history as a trading nation, the country is failing to live up to its export potential. Small and … medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could significantly contribute to strengthening Greece’s export performance, thereby helping … SMEs in export activity. The paper also discusses the potential role of a development bank and stresses the importance of …

level of income and export intensity. Specifically, the paper investigates theoretically and empirically how financial … constraints affect a firm's innovation and export activities. Theoretical predictions are tested using unique firm survey data … constraints strongly adversely affect the ability of domestically owned firms to innovate and to export and hence to catch up to …

While it is well known that resource exporting countries have higher export concentration, it is lesser known that … there is substantial variance in export concentration fortunes within resource-based countries. Using several estimation … techniques and other sensitivity checks, this paper offers a new explanation for success and failure in export diversification …