This paper investigates how rules of origin influence firm-level export behavior. Rules of origin specify the minimum … resulted in an increase in export revenue, product diversification, export-participation, and product quality. At the industry …

predictions regarding the trade patterns based on the country endowment. The predictions are consistent with Chinese export data …

, and survival in export markets. The analysis finds that uncertainty in the time to clear imported inputs impacts neither …, as firms delay exiting the export market. Most importantly, the measure of uncertainty displays a distinctive effect on … related to import processing times at the border could impact downstream export dynamics. Exploiting a rich data set built on …