Recent literature has shown evidence of positive contributions of export promotion agencies around the world in raising … exports, through the intensive and extensive margins of trade. The number of export promotion agencies has increased … their products. This paper describes the characteristics of export promotion agencies around the world, using a novel …

We study the role of export credit agencies — the predominant tool of industrial policy — on firm behavior by using the … effective shutdown of the Export–Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) from 2015-2019 as a natural experiment. We show that … more pronounced for firms with higher export opportunities and higher ex-ante marginal revenue products of capital. Lower …

-mainly with large fast-growing emerging economies-remains a challenge. Export performance is analyzed along three dimensions that …, together, give a fairly comprehensive picture of competitiveness: 1) the composition, orientation and growth of the export … basket; 2) the degree of export diversification across products and markets; and 3) the level of sophistication and quality …