Does "infant industry" preferential access durably boost export performance? This paper exploits significant trade … Central and Western Africa. Firm-level customs data for selected countries reveal that even in East Africa, the recent export …

firms' product scope and export sales changed after Chinese liberalization vis-a-vis Asian liberalization. The findings … for 18 percent of additional French export sales. These results are robust when accounting for foreign competition faced …

. Export vulnerability depends first on the overall level of export exposure, measured as the share of exports in gross … gross domestic product using a gravity model of trade. Furthermore, export vulnerability is computed separately for … composition of their export basket. Although the results suggest differences in elasticity estimates across regions as well as …

study investigates a possible reason that prevents convergence of countries in export performance. It shows that regulatory … quality, customs efficiency, quality of infrastructure, and access to finance among other factors increase export performance … convergence in export volumes with countries that have more liberal trade policies …

investment inflows and weaknesses in the investment climate, its subsequent export performance has come as a surprise. Industrial … have been one of the levers of export upgrading and expansion. The dominance of joint ventures as a mode of entry of … future sustainability of export performance …

practices used in Australia, Austria, Canada, and the Netherlands to determine program costs as part of medium-term expenditure …