This paper reviews Nigeria’s non-oil export performance during the period 1970-90, analyzes the factors underlying the … distinguishing feature of the analysis is the incorporation of the effect of domestic demand in the export supply equation for … demand competes with export demand. The results provide evidence of the adverse effects of restrictive government policies on …

diversification of the export sector. The latter, in turn, has been influenced by capital accumulation and economic growth. The growth … export expansion and its interaction with saving and investment …

The export performance of Sub-Saharan Africa has lagged behind that of developing countries in other regions for the … past two decades, and total export proceeds have fallen significantly since 1980. Many factors explain this outcome … new agricultural products and light manufactures could boost export earnings, but only if the region can compete …

We explore the contribution of product-quality upgrading to the export performance of six fast-growing Asian economies …: China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailand. We focus on measuring the impact of quality upgrading on the … changes in these countries' sectoral export shares during 1970-2010. We build a multisector Ricardian trade model which allows …

complex exports), making the country a role model in export diversification and complexity policies among emerging market …

through two channels. First, by reducing export income volatility and allowing for a smoother consumption path. Second, by … against future export income). Under plausibly calibrated parameters, the second channel may lead to much larger welfare gains …

With China''s accession to the WTO in 2001, Russia is by far that organization''s most prominent nonmember. This paper … applies the gravity model to gauge whether this ""outsider"" status has been affecting Russia''s export structure. On the … various WTO procedures, although own-export restrictions could have a similar effect. The model points to Russia''s further …

This paper investigates the asymmetries in trade spillovers from sector-specific technology shocks in China to selected …

This paper evaluates the global welfare impact of China''s trade integration and technological change in a quantitative … ""balanced"" one in which China''s productivity grows at the same rate in each sector, and an ""unbalanced"" one in which China … magnitude larger welfare gains when China''s productivity growth is biased towards its comparative disadvantage sectors. We …

This paper studies the behavior of China’s foreign trade in the 1980s. Chinese customs data are used to construct, for … elasticities. The estimated export supply price elasticities are negative and became even more negative after the reforms in 1985 … dominant effect on China’s trade and may also suggest that reforms in the management system of Chinese enterprises were not …