both export possibilities and, persistently, export values. On the estimates made, a 1% increase in import tariffs imposed …

The study is an attempt to analyse the impact of specific sources of finance on firms' export performance by … investigating empirically the SME exporters' preferred mode of financing their various export operations and linking it with their … export profitability. Based on the findings it is concluded that the funds sourced from commercial banks have a significant …

Financing resources play a significant role in escalating export ventures particularly of MSMEs (Micro, Small and … financing resources used by MSME exporters on their export profitability. It is concluded that the funds sourced from commercial … banks had a significant impact on firm's export performance followed by profits ploughed back into export operations. The …

). Contributing to the economic policy debate of whether it is foreign demand or 'world-beating' price competitiveness driving German … demand for German exports indicate strong non-price competitiveness. With regard to exchange rate effects, we do not detect a … predicted export growth. Moreover, taking into account quantity and price effects caused by changes in the real exchange rate …

This constant-market-shares (CMS) analysis shows the development of competitiveness, market and product structure of … track all changes in the trade structure and competitiveness over time. The long-term trend of the indicators suggests that … structural change is observable in the external sector of the emerging markets. The disadvantages in competitiveness of the …

This constant-market-shares (CMS) analysis shows the development of competitiveness, market and product structure of … track all changes in the trade structure and competitiveness over time. The long-term trend of the indicators suggests that … structural change is observable in the external sector of the emerging markets. The disadvantages in competitiveness of the …

probability of exporting and the export intensity of these firms. The empirical specification is represented through a country … foreign ownership, information and communication technology, and firm size on the probability of exporting and on export … production workers and in terms of non-production workers tend to exert negative effects on firms' propensity to export. The …

In 2005 the French government launched a policy of competitiveness clusters, giving subsidies for innovative projects … the selection of firms within the clusters, using export and productivity as a measure of performance. Our main conclusion … is that public authorities have chosen the winners during the two-step selection procedure. Export premium, beyond what …

decline in import growth. We then construct measures of export exposure to import tariffs by linking tariffs paid by importing …