We construct a two-sector model -- one producing a homogeneous good and the other producing differentiated goods -- with labor market frictions to study the impact of offshoring on intrafirm, intrasectoral, and intersectoral reallocation of jobs, and on the economy-wide unemployment rate. A...

This paper studies the causal impact of credit constraints on exporting firms. We exploit a natural experiment provided by two policy changes in India, first in 1998 which made small scale firms eligible for subsidized direct credit, and a subsequent reversal in policy in 2000 wherein some of...

Countries try to stabilize the demand for energy on one hand and sustain economic growth on other, but the worsening global warming and climate change problems have put pressure on them. This paper estimates the environmental Kuznets curve over the period 1971–2010 in Turkey both in the short...

This paper re-estimates the environmental Kuznets curve over the period 1971–2010 in China. To this end, it uses the unit root tests with one structural break and the autoregressive-distributed lag (ARDL) estimations. The special role is given to the impacts of export product quality and...

This paper empirically examines the effects of three indexes for the product diversification of exports (the Theil index, the extensive margin, and the intensive margin) on the real GDP per capita in 158 countries by considering subgroups related to income levels, i.e., in the low-, the lower...

Using panel data on 166 countries, this paper analyzes the effects of corporate governance, employment protection, investor protection, and political environments on the exporting performance. Our gravity model predicts that stronger democratic political institutions encourage exports. We also...