This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between exports, and in particular export diversity, and … regional growth in a developing country context. Using export data for 19 sectors from 354 subnational (magisterial) districts … of South Africa, we construct various measures of subnational export diversity. We find that it is not only how much that …

international trade, together with some new facts. First, the availability of information on import and export enables us to … differentiate firms involved in both trading activities - namely two-way traders - from firms that only export, and from those that … only import. We show that firms engaged in both import and export outperform those involved in either importing or …

%, it negatively affects the firm-level exports of similar products as the protected ones. Export sales of protected firms … probability to stop exporting during protection compared to unprotected firms. Finally, we find that the productivity of exporters …

(AfT) on export diversification. The average Hirschman-Herfindahl index measure of 0.77 indicates that the export basket of … results indicate that export diversification in sub-Saharan Africa is enhanced by particularly Af T that is directed toward …

separately. The results showed a diametrically opposing impact of productivity and profitability on the takeover likelihood. This …

productivity performance. The empirical distributions and the associated persistence over time are explored through a set of … external credit. We also offer an initial understanding about how profitability and productivity relate with a third dimension …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our micro-econometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …

corruption on productivity. Corruption is defined as a 'bribe tax' and is compared to another form of institutional inefficiency … their effects in the full sample, only the bribe tax appears to have a negative effect on firm-level productivity, while the … taxes, implying that bribing does not emerge as a second-best option to achieve higher productivity by helping circumvent …

. Aspects of behaviour and performance studied include total factor productivity, employment levels, investment behaviour and … profitability. On the whole, energy taxes increased total factor productivity and returns to capital but decreased employment, with …, with some industries losing out in terms of productivity and profitability when faced with increased energy taxes, while …