export restraints—were meant to partially insulate domestic markets from the spike in international prices. We find that this …

benefit from trade facilitation. We find that firms of all sizes export more in response to improved trade facilitation. Our …

with heterogeneous firms. We show that increased TPU reduces investment in export entry and technology upgrading, which in … turn reduces trade flows and real income for consumers. We apply the model to analyze China's export boom around its WTO … theory-consistent measure of TPU and estimate that it can explain between 22-30% of Chinese exports to the US after WTO …

dynamic, heterogeneous firms model we show that: (i) investment and entry into export markets is reduced when trade policy is … theory-based measure of policy uncertainty. Our novel approach using observable trade policies allows us to estimate the …

This paper evaluates the effects of the FAMEX export promotion program in Tunisia on the performance of beneficiary …. Estimates suggest that beneficiaries initially saw both faster export growth and greater diversification across destinations and … products. However, three years after the intervention, beneficiaries’ growth rates and export levels were not significantly …

living. Working in the export predicts gains and in the import-competing sector losses, a finding that is re-inforced by …