How effective are direct government policies for boosting exports? We answer this question with a structured overview …

We examine the effects of transit, documentation, and ports and customs delays on Africa’s exports. We find that … transit delays have the most economically and statically significant effect on exports. A one day reduction in inland travel … times leads to a 7 percent increase in exports. Put another way, a one day reduction in inland travel times translates into …

. Using finely disaggregated exports data for Turkey’s trade with 174 countries over the period 2007–2017, we decompose gross … export flows into the extensive and intensive margins of Turkish exports utilizing the method developed by Hummels and Klenow …

find business partners. Online platforms can reduce these search costs and thereby favor firms exports. We examine whether … resulted in increased firms exports, particularly from those that had no digital presence, of differentiated products, and to …