down countries' growth (relative to the world) into three trade-related channels: (i) an export pull measuring the traction …, and (iii) a domestic response measuring the impact of the country's imports on its domestic income. This decomposition … manufactures and Mexico, and the third on services and Central America. The evidence points toward the need for a trade …

imports of intermediate inputs, and about 85 percent is explained by investment in research and development. The evidence … reflect physical productivity. Within-firm productivity changes from export entry are computed using a difference …-in-differences matching estimator. The findings show that, over a six-year period, the difference in productivity growth between export …

established in 2001 but instead on the terms-of-trade theory of trade agreements to identify negotiating priorities. This paper … uses the lens of the terms-of-trade theory to investigate three areas in which it is frequently alleged that currently … exclusively the domain of developing countries' own trade policies and they are collectively important; 3.5 billion people …

Recent work on China's accession to the World Trade Organizations pays little attention to the wave of reforms in China … preeminence of processing trade at the time of accession sharply reduced the impact of accession-related tariff reductions on … production sharing since that time. The assessment in this paper, based on export data and simulation results on the ex ante …

the export potential. It explores some of the important supply and demand side factors and assesses the role of trade … domestic market distortions and multiple barriers, resulting in weak export performance and modest regional and global … export performance. This paper analyzes Egypt's exports along three dimensions that are key for export performance and future …

disaggregated firm-level customs transaction data for imports and exports, the paper documents the progressive retreat of Argentine … individually larger, with export value extremely concentrated in a few firms. Firm churning rates are disproportionately low and … survival rates of entrants are high. These findings reflect exceptionally high entry costs of export, which are the result of …

-2012 period, this paper explores the relationship between imports of intermediate inputs and firm export performance. The paper …, faster export growth, greater diversification of export markets, and higher quality exports (as measured by relative unit …Using highly disaggregated firm-level customs transaction data for imports and exports in Peru over the 2000 …

that one way things can get messy is via squandering new wealth, based on future resource revenues, on arms imports. In the … five years following a giant oil or gas discovery, arms imports increase by 25 percent. The effect is even larger, at 51 …

related to import processing times at the border could impact downstream export dynamics. Exploiting a rich data set built on … estimator to investigate how unpredictability in border clearance times for imports affects manufacturing firms' entry, exit …, and survival in export markets. The analysis finds that uncertainty in the time to clear imported inputs impacts neither …