This paper challenges the common view that exports generally contribute more to GDP growth than a mere change in export … volume, as the export-led growth hypothesis predicts. Applying heterogeneous panel cointegration techniques to a production … function model with non-export GDP as the dependent variable, we find for a sample of 45 developing countries that: (i) exports …

This paper challenges the common view that exports generally contribute more to GDP growth than a pure change in export … volume, as the export-led growth hypothesis predicts. Applying panel cointegration techniques to a production function with … non-export GDP as the dependent variable, we find for a sample of 45 developing countries that: (i) exports have a …

imports according to the country of origin. Looking at the export side, we find a positive effect of exports on the industry … wage premium. The results also show that import penetration from low–income countries has a significant and negative impact …

too. We note that the number of trading firms diminishes as the number of export destinations or import origins increases … import and export appear to be the most productive, followed, in descending order, by importers only, exporters only and non …-selection in both export and import markets. Also, the productivity advantage of exporters reported in the literature may be …

) analyse the impact of imports according to the country of origin. Looking at the export side, we find a positive effect of … exports on the industry wage premium. The findings also show that import penetration from low-income countries has a …

This study examines the export-led growth hypothesis using annual time series data from Chile in a production function … exports affect economic growth via increases in productivity, the study uses Johansen cointegration technique. The estimation …

import functions or exportled growth. Focusing on the US relations with Euroland and Canada, cointegration analyses however …

regions specialized in import-competing industries, both in manufacturing and beyond. Regions specialized in export …-regional variation in initial industry structures and use trade flows of other high-income countries as instruments for regional import … and export exposure. We find that the rise of the East in the world economy caused substantial job losses in German …