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In this study, I analyze the characteristics of trading firms in the Spanish service sector. I reveal that half of the service firms in Spain operate only in their local markets, whereas one-third of the examined service firms trade with non-local areas of Spain, and fewer than 20% of Spanish...
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This paper analyzes the relationship between export status and productivity in a major service exporter, Spain, during 2001-2007. I find that exporters in the services sector are 37% more productive than non-exporters. This productivity premium is larger for firms that supply...
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The literature reports the mean impact of trade preferences. The literature on the agoa impact is no exception. The mean impact can be sensitive to heterogeneity in the adoption of preferences by recipients. Nonetheless, the choice of countries included in the sample can play a role in...
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We modify the Hausmann-Klinger approach to estimating export potential and make it able to describe perspective shifts in export structure and identify commodity groups that form the basis for growth and structural change in exports
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International trade of cultural goods has considerably increased over the last decades and has been dominated by rich countries's exports. Meanwhile, trade in cultural goods is considered as a potential threat to cultural diversity, and development process is sometimes interpreted as a...
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This study investigates the influences of trade and financial openness on financial development over the period 2003-2017 from a sample of 64 developing countries, employing a Bayesian model averaging approach to take into account model uncertainty. The results demonstrate that the contribution...
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Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the impact that exchange rate volatility has on international trade flows including here exports and imports. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on quarterly data from 2000-2018 making 224 observations in total. To measure the...
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The presence of macroeconomic uncertainty poses potential and veritable risk to real sector activity. Thus, this study set out to examine how Non-traditional Export (NTE) firms in Ghana respond to macroeconomic uncertainty. The study conducts a survey on NTE firms in Ghana to elicit responses,...
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Despite a general agreement that piracy poses a significant threat to maritime shipping, empirical evidence regarding its economic consequences remains scarce. This paper combines firm-level Chinese customs data and ship position data with information on pirate attacks to investigate how...
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Does good governance matter for exporting to the highly competitive markets of developed countries, especially those committed to a developmental mission centered on promoting good governance? This paper is investigating this research question. The focus of the analysis is the case study of Arab...
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