The study looked at what influences the amount of goods and services countries sell to other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). They used data from six OECD countries between 2008 and 2017 to see how things like the country's total economic output, inflation rate, foreign investments, and imports affect how much they export. They found that a higher GDP was linked to lower exports, while higher inflation and more imports were linked to increased exports.