subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for …

developing countries' export growth. In view of the vague character of commitments negotiated in the General Agreement on Trade …

effects of labour standards on export performance and foreign direct investment flows. Overall, our empirical results suggest …

Survey. Overseas vertical and horizontal links are associated with an average increase in export intensity of 74 and 156 … role of Government in fostering overseas links despite their rarity, since they are effective export conduits. …

we study the drivers of knowledge diffusion by looking at the dynamics of the export basket of countries, with particular … terms of ability to expand the export basket of countries, a migrant with college education or above is about ten times more …

Using firm and industry data, we establish two facts: (i) Uncertainty about demand conditions not only reduces export … of export shares from the most to the least productive incumbents. Greater skewness of the demand distribution and …

key firm-level outcomes: export status and size. …

uncover the determinants of the fickle and stable parts of firm export product mix, we use a cross section of firm …

Does "infant industry" preferential access durably boost export performance? This paper exploits significant trade …-Fiber Arrangement (MFA) in 2005 is used to assess whether apparel export expansions survived the erosion of preferences. To find a … East Africa the recent export growth was driven by new entrants rather than incumbent firms whose competitiveness might …