(complemented by an export subsidy), which gives rise to a misallocation of resources that will ultimately reduce the overall …

This paper documents an unusual and possibly significant phenomenon: The export of skills embodied in goods, services …

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 … anti-export bias and import substitution policies that sought unsuccessfully to develop the local industry. The paper shows …

This study examines whether foreign direct investment inflows facilitate upgrading of export quality in host countries … affiliates in the upstream (input-supplying) industries. This relationship is present irrespective of export destination or …

This paper studies how a positive export shock -- the sharp increase in garment-sector exports that began at the end of … exogenous to Bangladesh, the authors instrument export demand with OECD imports to ensure identification. The paper compares … predictions from long-run, general-equilibrium neoclassical trade theory. As in other studies, this paper finds that the export …

integration, namely, trade volumes, export/trade patterns by product (primary and manufacturing goods), and by destination (inter …

This paper examines the effect of energy costs on industry export competitiveness. Most studies in the literature use … aggregate energy costs on export performance, where aggregate energy costs include not only direct energy costs, but also …

. However, employment growth did not follow the substantial export growth that South Africa experienced in the 2000s. This paper …'s export growth helps to understand the weak relationship between export and employment growth. Minerals exports, which … propelled export as well as wage growth, are not job intensive and as a result supported far less job growth. Minerals have also …

. The instrumented elasticity of export growth on the intensive margin with respect to the exporter's productivity growth is …