This paper investigates whether location choices of multinational firms depend on past export, import or FDI experience … phase is more systematic for investing in distant countries and for first-time investors, whereas import experience is …

refund of the domestic VAT paid on their inputs. This paper investigates how changes in the VAT rebates affect export … performance in China. Our empirical analysis relies on export volume data at the HS6 product level over the 2003-12 period. To … percentage point increase in the VAT rebate can lead to a 7% increase in export volumes. This magnitude allows to better …

from our study). In terms of observed integration to world markets, import penetration plays a similar role as trade … liberalization for Brazilian states as a whole. On the contrary, rising export exposure appears to have significantly reduced both …

of exports and the volatility of the aid plus export flows. Then, in order to take into account the diversity of shocks …