We document the existence of Chinese imitation of foreign firms on a large scale. China's export processing zones (EPZs …) attract foreign companies to set up export processing operations. Chinese firms quickly imitate these companies in both export …

costs in the 25th percentile export around 2.3 times more than regions with transport costs in the 75th percentile, once … other factors are controlled for. Export increases from road improvements are found to be larger in regions with initially …

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 …

This paper examines the impact of EU enlargement on agro-food export performance across 12 new EU member states and 5 … newly independent states in the EU markets covering the period 1999-2007. The performance is examined by duration of export … gains from the eastward EU enlargement and governance on export increases and longer duration for exporting higher value …

. This article explores how far export tariffs on agricultural goods combined with public investments, could be used as a … that it is possible to combine export tariffs with public investments such that deforestation decreases, while agricultural …

market. To assess the competitiveness of Egyptian oranges and explore the potential export opportunities presented by the … strong comparative advantage in the export of oranges to Russia. The econometric results suggest that both Morocco and Egypt …

into major regional and global actors. In this paper we question how MRs arriving in foreign markets affect the export … establishing outlets abroad impact the export performance of local firms and test its predictions empirically for the agri … intermediaries. First, incoming multinational retailers may increase the overall export capacity of local firms to any foreign market …