a positive effect on LDCs' performance on merchandise exports, with this average positive effect being solely driven by … a positive effect on LDCs' export performance on primary products; the average effect on manufacturing exports has been …, as well as on the components of the latter, namely both primary product exports and manufacturing exports. However, the …

We examine the effects of transit, documentation, and ports and customs delays on Africa’s exports. We find that … transit delays have the most economically and statically significant effect on exports. A one day reduction in inland travel … times leads to a 7 percent increase in exports. Put another way, a one day reduction in inland travel times translates into …

increased imports from China and manufacturing jobs in US local labour markets following the seminal paper of Autor, Dorn, and … data. In particular, it allows us to remove US value added in Chinese exports from the exposure measure which is … permits to correct for double counting, to remove primary and services inputs in manufacturing exports, and to assign …