affect exports and imports and how domestic labour value added shapes this relationship. We find that higher labour taxes … reduce exports but that the effect depends to a large extent on the share of domestic labour value added, which differs by … industries, countries and time periods. Imports do not seem to be affected. This implies that changes in labour taxes will not …

The world economy is increasingly shaped by cross-border production and investment activity. The paper uses complex … network analysis along with panel data econometric techniques to study the structure and interactions between the networks of …

We use transaction-level US import data to compare firms from virtually all countries in the world competing in a …

This paper studies the impact that import competition from China had on firms performance in the manufacturing sector … cumulative impact on net sales when we account for longer timeframes. Looking at import competition from China in third markets …, we find that increased competition in the Peruvian exporting firms main export markets had a negative effect on …

Analyses that examine the role of international standards on export performance has been concentrated on quality … certifications. Very little is known about the impact of environmental certifications on exports. In this paper we employ firm …-level data from Ecuador to assess the impact of the ISO 14001 environmental certification on export outcomes. The results show …