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 …

Recently, the export performance of France relative to its own past and relative to a major trading partner, Germany …

The paper models export taxation of a primary commodity in a large country under two hypotheses about the structure of … its export market. The first is perfect competition among exporters, where there is an indefinite number of buyers of the … influence domestic prices. For both hypotheses, export taxation can be justified on efficiency grounds only for the country that …

This paper analyzes Zimbabwe''s export performance in recent years and identifies the factors that could improve export … performance, from both a quantitative and qualitative perspective. Improving export performance is critical to a turnaround in … promoting export growth …

After the large exchange rate depreciations following the 1997 East Asian crisis, export volumes from East Asian …

aggregate export and import equations. In particular, it considers different choices for scale and price variables and assesses …

India''s exports nearly tripled in the 1990s. Decomposing export growth shows that it has been driven by incumbent …-choice model of the firm''s decision to export, we find evidence that economic liberalization has led to greater domestic … competition, spurring firm efficiency and increasing Indian firms'' competitiveness and ability to export. We show that export …