production processes across different stages and locations within the global economy. The significance of imports in value chains …, however, is relatively unexplored. Recognizing imports' role in bolstering exports can rejuvenate external demand and spur … growth. To examine Indian imports from ASEAN, we utilize the ARDL bounds test for 2011-12 Q1 to 2020-21 Q2. The results …

prices on foreign trade flows are then analyzed by estimating models of demand for imports and supply and demand for exports … exchange rate on Brazilian foreign trade flows is relatively modest. The domestic demand for imports seems to be mainly …

-traders. Secondly, they estimate the determinants of the extensive and intensive margins of exports and imports using dynamic panel … that both activities present a high degree of hysteresis, which is higher for imports than for exports pointing to the … existence of sunk costs in both activities. Moreover, past productivity does affect the extensive margin of imports, but not of …

entrants, in total exports and imports) in destination countries of exports and countries of origin of imports on the one hand …

imports originate from? Using a rich database on Italian manufacturing firms, this essay adds new evidence on the relationship … origin of imports, we observe the heterogeneity among firms trading with different type of markets. We show that different … destinations of exports and different origins of imports map into distinctive firm characteristics. Second, we test the hypothesis …

diversification of imports. …

exporting only. Second, exploiting firm-level information on the destination of export and the origin of imports, we observe the … origins of imports map into distinctive firm characteristics. …