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 …