spatial resolution of 0.5o x 0.5o for all Africa over 1997-2010. Exploiting exogenous variations in world prices, we find a …-cycle) explains 15-25 percent of average country-level violence in Africa. We then document how the appropriation of a mining area by …

Using annual data for the period 1992 - 2012, this paper examines trade flows between China and its main trade partners … in China's trade patterns. The analysis is based on both economic indicators and the estimation of a gravity model, and … fixed effect vector decomposition (FEVD) technique. The findings confirm the significant change in China's trading structure …

American (LA) countries and the four largest economies in the world (namely the US, the Euro area, Japan and China) over the …

China during 2020. We find that a country's own Covid-19 deaths and lockdowns significantly reduced its imports from China …-19 deaths in the main trading partners of a country (excluding China) induces more imports from China, partially … are evaluated at their 2020 mean is, on average, a reduction of nearly 10% in imports from China. There is also …

affected by disputes with China, and is different from the diffusion behaviours of the offshore US dollar, euro, British pound …

countries. The illusion of sustained African apparel exports is created by late-bloomers in East Africa offsetting boom …-bust patterns in Southern Africa and insignificant responses in Central and West Africa. Firm-level customs data reveal that even in … East Africa the recent export growth was driven by new entrants rather than incumbent firms whose competitiveness might …