Exports of Korean export growth posted steady gains since 2001, but abruptly fell following sharply a slowdown in global trade in 2014, which precipitated two years of sluggish export performance. Concern regarding export competitiveness is growing as major domestic industries have continued to...

Given the importance of international trade and export performance in economic growth, this study attempts to examine the determinants of exports in SAARC Countries, using a pooled time-series and cross-section data over the period 2005-2018. The methodology employed is the export demand model...

With the advent of WTO, India entered into the era of trade reforms in 1991 and is moving gradually towards an open economy. It is widely believed that export and import growth is crucial in providing the impetus for economic growth in developing countries and imports provide the important...

With the advent of WTO, India entered into the era of trade reforms in 1991 and is moving gradually towards an open economy. It is widely believed that export and import growth is crucial in providing the impetus for economic growth in developing countries and imports provide the important...

Since the early 2000s German exports and net exports have grown persistently, generating huge current account surpluses. These surpluses have added to immense current account imbalances within and outside the European Monetary Union (EMU). Contributing to the economic policy debate of whether it...

World trade contracted sharply in late 2008 and early 2009 following the deepening of the financial crisis in September 2008. This paper discusses the main mechanisms behind the global downturn in trade and its impact on euro area exports and competitiveness. It finds that the euro area was hit...

This paper examines Pakistan's export performance during the last three decades and finds that it has been very poor in comparison with the performance of other countries in Asia. Although Pakistan is exporting to a diversified market base, the high level of product concentration and low...

This paper identifies some of the main determinants of exports and economic growth in cross-sectional data from the World Bank, covering 160 countries in the period 1985-1994. First, the linkages between the propensity to export and population, per capita income, agriculture, primary exports,...

The present paper investigates the causal nexus between exports and economic growth for the sample of BRICS nations, namely, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, using Johansen co-integration and VECM Granger Causality test. The Co-integration test result confirms a significant...

Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), two regions with large growth potential, have become increasingly connected over the last 20 years. China has emerged not only as a top trading partner, but also as an important competitor of LAC exports. China's retreat from certain markets, due...