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role of export concentration. Four important results are obtained from the empirical analysis. First, there is no empirical … evidence that exports to China enhance growth unconditionally. Second, the results suggest that export concentration enhances … the growth effects of exporting to China, implying that countries which export one major commodity to China benefit more …
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,000 SME export goods, but only 3,000 import goods or raw materials from this region. Despite the low purchasing power in most …
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export penetration. …
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This paper investigates the causes of rejections of African exports at the EU border as a barrier in accessing EU markets. Our results indicate that natural geographical hurdle, poor trade-related infrastructure, inefficient border procedure and a lack of technical personnel increase the...
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entering into the export market. We find evidence in support of both self-selection and learning by exporting. …
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In this study, we analyze a manufacturing firm's discrete decision of exporting using either direct or indirect channels. We investigate the factors that affect a firm's choice by comparing the payoff in each mode of exports. We formulate a theoretical model for a single firm that can...
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Does "infant industry" preferential access durably boost export performance? This paper exploits significant trade …-Fiber Arrangement (MFA) in 2005 is used to assess whether apparel export expansions survived the erosion of preferences. To find a … East Africa the recent export growth was driven by new entrants rather than incumbent firms whose competitiveness might …
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employer but also a significant source of export earnings and hence it has a high multiplier effect. This very fact makes … major export markets due to ever increasing complex nature of SPS measures administered by those markets although a number …
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Financial market inadequacies often constrain overseas trade flows because exporters largely rely on access to external credit to survive. This article examines the influence of external credit (bank finance; and suppliers and customer credit) on exports size of manufacturing firms in Nigeria...
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We explore the impact of FDI and imports, disaggregated at the sectorial level, on the upgrading of African exports. We distinguish flows from other developing countries (South-South) and developed countries (North-South), and find that they impact differently on the ability of recipients to...
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