for textiles trade. The benefits from freer trade in textiles and clothing shed light on other sectors that are still … higher country concentration of exporters. We also find the effects of the MFA on clothing trade were more significant than …

International trade in apparel and textiles is regulated by a system of bilateral tariffs and quotas known as the …. Lastly, we argue that the substantial shift of US apparel imports away from Asia in favor of Mexico and the Caribbean during …

that changes in various extensive margins (new markets, new goods) account for over 30 percent of export growth over this …-level characteristics interacting with destination-specific characteristics. We confirm that export growth for "new" products was stronger …

This paper provides estimates of both national and global welfare costs of bilateral quotas on textiles and apparel … using an applied general equilibrium model which covers bilateral quotas on exports of textiles and apparel negotiated …

It has been suggested that countries which export in especially risky sectors will experience higher output volatility …. This paper develops a measure of the riskiness of a country's pattern of export specialization, and illustrates its … countries whose comparative advantage in the risky sectors is not too strong will diversify their export structure to insure …

surprisingly unstable: Export ranks are not persistent, and new top products and destinations replace old ones. Measurement error … of this instability: Only 20% of the variation in export growth can be explained by variation in comparative advantage … (source-by-product factors), while another 20% of the variation in export growth can be explained by variation in bilateral …