Laravel 5 - Route Controller Error

I am having troubles with connecting one of my routes to its associate controller function.

Routes file

Route::get('/transaction/export','TransactionController@exporter');

Controller and Function

class TransactionController extends Controller
{   

    public function exporter(){
        dd("works");//-->Not seen :(
        return view('admin.transactionExport');
    }
}

Link in view

<a href="{{ URL::action('TransactionController@exporter')}}">Export</a>

When clicking on the link, the address bar in the browser shows the expected url '/transaction/export', but unfortunately it shows me a blank page. It is as though the function in the Routes file does not link to the proper controller. I have over 30 successful links in this site, and have no idea why this is failing on me right now.

Would appreciate the help. Please inform me if more information is needed to solve this.

via Chebli Mohamed