services as inputs in manufacturing, with a particular focus on indirect exports of services through merchandise exports, and … also on the related interaction between service sector openness and the overall pattern of manufacturing exports. From the …

environmental regulations or requirements of foreign markets to which firms export (both induced by consumers and investors …

manufacturing sector of China and India. We first provide a comparison between India and China using a broad international … compensation level, China is still somewhat at a disadvantage in terms of unit labor cost in manufacturing relative to India. In … perspective. We find that China has increased its labor productivity to a level above that of India, but due to a somewhat higher …

this background, this article briefly analyses the development of China's export strategy. It finds that the export …Some observers warn that a high level of economic dependence on China could negatively affect the economic resilience … of western economies and therefore recommend reducing such dependence by gradually decoupling from China. On the other …

of twelve manufacturing industries across fourteen OECD countries. We ask two questions: (a) how sensitive are export …This paper investigates the relationship between export market shares and relative unit labour costs using a long panel … embodied technology are important, we find that neither can fully explain changing export positions. We explore whether the …

Using firm-level data from France, we document that the shift of economic activity from manufacturing to services over … manufacturing firms that increasingly locate in suburban and rural areas. Motivated by these findings, we estimate a structural … strengthened for services but weakened for manufacturing. This divergence is a key driver of the urban bias but it dampens …

SME decisions (a) to export (propensity) and (b) on how much to export (intensity), i.e., export performance. The study … study finds that firm size is a robust determinant, both of export propensity and intensity. It also suggests that while … important to the initial export decision, such as foreign ownership and the presence of informal competition. Finding such …

We study the link between air accessibility (measured by non-stop flights offer) and the manufacturing export of the …