related to import processing times at the border could impact downstream export dynamics. Exploiting a rich data set built on … export performance, as neither the mean nor the median time to import impacts survival … estimator to investigate how unpredictability in border clearance times for imports affects manufacturing firms' entry, exit …

Using firm-level data from France, we document that the shift of economic activity from manufacturing to services over … manufacturing firms that increasingly locate in suburban and rural areas. Motivated by these findings, we estimate a structural … strengthened for services but weakened for manufacturing. This divergence is a key driver of the urban bias but it dampens …

This paper uses a structural gravity model to show the effects of services policies on manufacturing exports. Whereas … effect on manufacturing exports. We use theory-consistent counterfactual simulations to show that the trade and real output … aids manufacturing sector development, due to the intimate links between the two. …