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I study the effect of an innovation subsidy on the growth of firms in a developing country. Using administrative microdata for Brazil and difference-in-differences, I find that innovation subsidies drive firm growth by facilitating firm entry into high-tariff markets with domestically produced,...
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theory of protectionism as its theoretical framework. The chow breakpoint result revealed that there is a significant change …
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With international trade moving from "trade in (final) goods" to "trade in tasks", effective protection rates (EPRs) are back to the stage. Input-output matrices are used in this paper to monitor the production structure of 10 Asian-Pacific countries between 1995 and 2005, and to calculate...
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Quantitative protectionism, more precisely import substituting industrialization through quantitative trade … and rent capture. One of the most ambitious implementations of import substitution, French oil protectionism created … case of French oil, quantitative protectionism was macroeconomically efficient in the long run, but created medium term …
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Different bodies of literature emphasise the separate impact of the manufacturing sector and scientific capacity for competitiveness in developing countries. Scientific knowledge can increase productivity and promote innovation, while the manufacturing sector creates spillovers and generates...
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quantify the impact of international trade and trade reform for industrialization. The model features Arming- ton motivated …
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policy in trade and industrialization for targeting industries and firms and provides a brief historical review of practices …
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This paper examines the changing role of government and foreign firms in Malaysia’s industrialization process …. Economists have held different views on the role of government in industrialization. Some believed that the developing world was … suggests a new era in industrialization. Based on this evidence we conclude that, for successful industrialization, developing …
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Since the early 1990s Latin American nations have been signing trade treaties with the United States that have brought small gains and high costs. Pending deals between the United States and Colombia and the United States and Panama are no different. Each is based on the same template that has...
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