Using a panel of 139 countries over the period 1992-2003, we analyse the links between export productivity, economic … exert a positive and significant effect on export productivity. Except for Brazil, financial development is not an important … determinant of export productivity. Moreover, except for Brazil, export productivity plays a positive effect on growth, and so …

We explore the contribution of product-quality upgrading to the export performance of six fast-growing Asian economies … changes in these countries' sectoral export shares during 1970-2010. We build a multisector Ricardian trade model which allows … for changes in product quality, and calibrate it to generate predictions about export volumes. Unlike previous literature …

of natural resource abundance, export concentration and intra-industry trade. We test the robustness of these … growth, especially natural resource abundance and export concentration. In contrast to much of the recent literature, natural … resource abundance appears to have a positive effect on growth whereas export concentration hampers growth …

role of export concentration. Four important results are obtained from the empirical analysis. First, there is no empirical … evidence that exports to China enhance growth unconditionally. Second, the results suggest that export concentration enhances … the growth effects of exporting to China, implying that countries which export one major commodity to China benefit more …

in European exporters and in their export destination markets on export performance as reflected in total export growth … and growth in various export margins. Our findings point to an important role for both demand and supply side factors. …

This study seeks to validity of the export-led growth hypothesis using quarterly data from 1980 to 2005. The bounds …

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between export performance and economic growth in Russian regions. We … propose a methodology for decomposition of export growth into intensive and extensive margins and distinguish between product … Russian regions are associated with higher intensive margin. We reveal significant differences in export survival of …

In 2007, Hausmann, Hwang and Rodrik (HHR) demonstrated that export specialization patterns have important implications … between export sophistication and economic growth. As a result, we argue that EXPY is not a good predictor of future economic … performance when the prices of primary commodities are unstable. Policy makers must be aware that, while what countries export is …