investigates how global value chain-related trade affects the export performance of manufacturing firms in South Africa. In … results confirm that global value chain-related trade is associated with a higher productivity premium compared with … traditional trade. However, within the categories of exporters, only the firms that trade in global value chain-related products …

, explains countries commodity trade structure. We modify the Romalis (<link/>) model to incorporate advantage differences in … countries in world trade increases with products complexity. Empirical tests confirm this prediction. Moreover, we find that … complexity complements the explanation provided by skillintensity on countries commodity trade structure. …

exporting and growth performance in Kenya using time series data. Despite trade liberalization and export promotion policies …

product-specific trade resistance and geographically dispersed demand. The broad sectoral focus of Mozambique's industrial …

We investigate the effect of economic sanctions on trade flows in countries sharing a border with the sanctioned state …. On the one hand, trade models suggest that trade flows should decrease as sanctions disrupt trading routes and economic … ties with suppliers and customers. On the other hand, countries can circumvent trade restrictions by clandestinely …

How does international trade affect structural transformation in developing countries? We use data on sectoral … across geographical regions, with a difference in Sub-Saharan Africa, where international trade causes an increase in the …

distribution of resources has sharpened the trade-off between the benefits of common policies needed to tackle cross … reduce trade costs were largely ignored across African RECs until recently. While this is probably due to the difficulty in …

Contrary to the prevailing interpretation, this paper shows that the central models of trade with heterogeneous firms … (value-added per employee). Given the presence of fixed export costs or heterogeneous mark-ups and trade costs, the …