This paper studies how a positive export shock -- the sharp increase in garment-sector exports that began at the end of … exogenous to Bangladesh, the authors instrument export demand with OECD imports to ensure identification. The paper compares … predictions from long-run, general-equilibrium neoclassical trade theory. As in other studies, this paper finds that the export …

in developing countries. Descriptive statistics confirm higher export participation (but not intensity) for firms in core … and agglomeration factors have a significant impact on export participation. Specifically, customs clearance and … electricity quality matter for export participation for manufacturing firms. Although localization economies and export spillovers …

The authors estimate the impact of aggregate indicators of "soft" and "hard" infrastructure on the export performance … trade facilitation reforms do improve the export performance of developing countries. This is particularly true with …

two time series to serve as indicators of broader changes rather than considering the export sector as a whole. Here we … present new comprehensive export measures for the middle colonies. We find that aggregate exports in constant prices grew very … trade increased the colonists' ability to buy imports over time, especially after 1740. Although the export sector performed …

that changes in various extensive margins (new markets, new goods) account for over 30 percent of export growth over this …-level characteristics interacting with destination-specific characteristics. We confirm that export growth for "new" products was stronger …