expand their product varieties in export. Our model demonstrates that relaxing foreign ownership controls and improving …

This paper studies how a positive export shock - the sharp increase in garment-sector exports that began at the end of … exogenous to Bangladesh, we instrument export demand with OECD imports to ensure identification. We compare estimates of the …-run, general-equilibrium neoclassical trade theory. As in other studies, we find that the export shock was localized both in terms …

both imports and exports, and iii) examine the impact of imports according to the country of origin. Looking at the export …

those contributing to export by the largest margin. Business network effects seem particularly important in stimulating …

and sales compared to more exposed firms. We do not find significant differences for export volumes to the UK or elsewhere …