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Markups and concentration in South African manufacturing sectors : an analysis with administrative data
Fedderke, Johannes W.; Obikili, Nonso; Viegi, Nicola - 2016
concentration indexes for 4-digit manufacturing sectors. We find both significant markups and significant concentration across most … sectors. We compare computed markups and concentration with early estimates in South Africa and with other international … benchmark countries. We then examine the market structure based on the concentration, firms' size, and entry and exit dynamics …
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Global supply chains in Chinese industrialization : impact on waste scavenging in developing countries
Medina, Martín Fernando - 2011
China has undergone remarkable economic growth spearheaded by industrialization. Chinese industry demands a wide variety of raw materials in increasing amounts in order to manufacture all kinds of products. Industrial demand exceeds domestic supply for several materials. Thus, China needs to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009381953
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Disentangling the pattern of geographic concentration in Tunisian manufacturing industries
Ayadi, Mohamed; Mattoussi, Wided - 2014
In this paper, we examine the pattern of spatial concentration of manufacturing industries observed in Tunisia and … find a concentration of activity in Greater Tunis where most growth in firms and employment are observed, while locating in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337662
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Scoping paper on industry in Senegal
Cissé, Fatou; Choi, Ji Eun; Maurel, Mathilde - 2014
development, hindering the process of economic diversification, and translating into an over-concentration of its exports and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010438046
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Export and economic growth in the case of the manufacturing industry : panel data analysis of developing countries
Kılavuz, Emine; Topcu, Betül Altay - In: International journal of economics and financial issues … 2 (2012) 2, pp. 201-215
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Climate change and industrial policy
Naudé, Wim - 2011
This paper explores the implications of climate change for industrial policy (IP). Five implications are discussed, namely the need for international coordination of IPs; for putting human development, and not emission targets, as the overriding objective of low-carbon IP; of stimulating...
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Manufacturing and economic development
Szirmai, Adam - 2011
This paper examines the theoretical and empirical evidence for the hypothesis that manufacturing is the main engine of growth in developing countries. The paper opens with an overview of the main arguments supporting the engine of growth hypothesis and then examines each of these arguments using...
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Productivity growth in some energy intensive manufacturing industries in India : an analytical assessment
Ray, Sarbapriya - In: International journal of economics and financial issues … 2 (2012) 1, pp. 54-70
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Emerging patterns of manufacturing structural change
Haraguchi, Nobuya; Rezonja, Gorazd - 2011
In the past, research on changes in relative importance among broad three sectors - ;agriculture, industry, and service - showed general patterns of a country's structural transformation along with economic development. However, there has been devoid of empirical studies investigating in the...
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Manufacturing productivity, deindustrialization, and reindustrialization
Tregenna, Fiona - 2011
In considering pathways to industrialization in the twenty-first century, cognisance needs to be taken of the fact that many countries have actually been deindustrializing. This paper analyses deindustrialization experiences internationally, by decomposing changes in the level and share of...
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