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 … data for 10 manufacturing sectors in 43 countries from 1991 to 2012. The analysis finds that ignoring input …

the production of final manufacturing goods. The framework focuses on manufactures global value chain income and … equipment. The workers involved in manufactures global value chains are increasingly in services, rather than manufacturing …

process in Croatia since the onset of recession (2008-12). Four types of results are highlighted. First, there is a persistent … (and increasing) heterogeneity in the performance of Croatian firms along outcome measures. Second, Croatia lags behind … point to reduced firm dynamism compared with Croatia's peers in Europe and Central Asia. Fourth, the contribution of net …

integration, namely, trade volumes, export/trade patterns by product (primary and manufacturing goods), and by destination (inter … growth. Additionally, manufacturing trade boosts growth and trade in primary goods hampers growth. Doubling the manufacturing …

. 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 …

. 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 …

authors find that the current export structure of Argentina is not conducive to future growth because it is dominated by low …, including partly processed meat, fish and grains. If economic growth is to be fostered by developing new export products and by …

exports from the top 1 percent of firms in a country -- export superstars. In contrast, the sectoral distribution of exports … across sectors is very similar across countries. This paper also finds that current export superstars typically entered the … export market relatively large, reached the top 1 percent after less than three years of exporting, and account for more than …