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 …

trade, and the relative price of manufacturing goods. More than 70% of the variation in per capita income can be explained …

In order to explain the prevalence and persistence of trade protection, a large body of work that departs from the …

and exogenous test. I will use the World Trade Database to systematically test this hypothesis in a gravity model of trade …

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 …

One of the most significant recent developments in world trade has been the entry of China into the World Trade … Organization (WTO). This paper examines the implications of China’s WTO accession for India’s trade, using both econometrics and …