The stylized fact that strong economic growth is usually accompanied with strong export growth leads many people to … conclude that the export sector is the main driving force behind those episodes. The model in this paper, however, shows that … the non-tradable sector may also generate high economic growth together with high export growth. Evidence shows that out …

The export performance of Sub-Saharan Africa has lagged behind that of developing countries in other regions for the … past two decades, and total export proceeds have fallen significantly since 1980. Many factors explain this outcome … new agricultural products and light manufactures could boost export earnings, but only if the region can compete …

liberalization in addition to traditional price and demand determinants. The results show that export and import flows are mainly …

The unsatisfactory performance of Italian export volumes in the last decade has been attributed to three factors; the … product specialization still centered around traditional sectors, the small firm size and the exceptional rise in export unit … the last decade (1996-2005), export unit values have overestimated export price dynamics by 2 percentage points on average …