Does "infant industry" preferential access durably boost export performance? This paper exploits significant trade …-Fiber Arrangement (MFA) in 2005 is used to assess whether apparel export expansions survived the erosion of preferences. To find a … East Africa the recent export growth was driven by new entrants rather than incumbent firms whose competitiveness might …

information on the export and import value by firm, country, product and year for the period 2011-2019. Problems arising from the …

With the availability of international value added trade data it has become evident that gross export data and value …

-destination pairs, we show that increased Chinese import protection in the US has a significant positive impact on Mexican firms' trade …-intensive manufacturing industries. The nature of the impact of the heightened Chinese import tariffs on GVC firms' sourcing suggests a rise … product offerings of Mexican GVC firms in response to the heightened Chinese import protection in the US, suggesting increased …

non-cooperative policies within a single framework. First, we compare the elasticity of trade flows to import tariffs and … in import tariffs by 1 percentage point reduces imports by around 1.4 percent. Hence the two instruments are not …

Why do borders still matter for economic activity? The reunification of Germany in 1990 provides a unique natural … to trade between East Germany and West Germany were eliminated completely within a very short period of time. The …

the fertility and marital behavior in Germany, until recently a lowest-low fertility setting. We find that exposure to … greater import competition from Eastern Europe led to worse labor market outcomes and lower fertility rates. In contrast …