Based on Grossman and Esteban's (2008) task service model, this paper derives a mathematical model of how productive service trade competitiveness affects manufacturing firms’ production costs, and a theoretical model of how productive service…
The accelerated development of digital trade has emerged as a pivotal driver of international commerce and economic expansion, catalyzing structural transformations in global trade patterns and profound supply chain realignments while exerting novel…
With the continuous advancement of China's reform and opening-up, the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port has become a key project in China's economic development. Since 2018, the Chinese government has clarified Hainan's…
This paper selects manufacturing listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from 2011 to 2019 as research samples, matches relevant data from the IFR Database, the CSMAR Database, and the Wind Database, and investigates the impact…
Amidst an increasingly complex global economic landscape, the rapid expansion of digital trade has emerged as a vital growth engine for nations worldwide while simultaneously disrupting traditional international trade frameworks. Major developed…
With the increasingly prominent role of digital trade in international commerce, digital trade rules have become a focal point for nations worldwide. Currently, multilateral negotiations on digital trade rules are progressing slowly, prompting…
Against the backdrop of the rapid rise of the digital economy, digital services trade has emerged with enormous development potential. This study selects panel data from 2008 to 2021 between China and 65 Belt and Road Initiative countries as the…
The need to re-engineer growth in Africa has become increasingly glaring in the face of the prevailing economic shocks that exposed its inadequate productivity power for basic and vital food and drugs. According to the World Bank and several other…
The impact of export status on access to finance by firms is a widely debated subject in economic literature and policy discussions, yet empirical evidence remains inconclusive. The objective of this study is to explore how export status affects…
Sub Saharan African (SSA) countries face severe economic challenges especially low economic growth rates, high trading costs, infrastructure deficit and poor trade performance. Lesotho is not an exception; thus development assistance is key in…