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The competitiveness of Latin-American economies : consolidation of the double diamond theory

Castro-Gonzáles, Segundo; Peña-Vinces, Jesús C.; … - In: Economic systems 40 (2016) 3, pp. 373-386

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The Decline of Latin American Economies : Growth, Institutions, and Crises

Bordo, Michael D. (contributor); … - 2007

Latin America’s economic performance is mediocre at best, despite abundant natural resources and flourishing neighbors to the north. The perplexing question of how some of the wealthiest nations in the world in the nineteenth century are now the most crisis-prone has long puzzled economists...

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The export-productivity link for Brazilian manufacturing firms

Cirera, Xavier; Lederman, Daniel; Mañez Castillejo, Juan A. - 2015

This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity (TFP) in Brazilian manufacturing firms over the period 2000–2008. The Brazilian experience is instructive as it is a case of an economy that expanded aggregate exports significantly, but with stagnant aggregate TFP...

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Lost Decades: Lessons from Post-Independence Latin America for Today's Africa

Bates, Robert H; Coatsworth, John H; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Africa and Latin America secured their independence from European colonial rule a century and half apart: most of Latin America after 1820 and most of Africa after 1960. Despite the distance in time and space, they share important similarities. In each case independence was followed by political...

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LEARNING-BY-EXPORTING AND DESTINATION EFFECTS: EVIDENCE FROM AFRICAN SMEs

BOERMANS, Martijn Adriaan - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 13 (2013) 2, pp. 149-168

Exports, in this study, are more productive than non-exports, but why? Using a micro-panel dataset from five African countries we show that more productive small and medium enterprises (SMEs) self-select into exporting. Ultimately we are interested in impact of exporting on productivity. Results...

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A Catalyst for Hope: China’s Opportunity for Latin America

Gallagher, Kevin P. - In: The Oxford handbook of Latin American political economy. 2012

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Specialization And Adjustment During The Growth of China And India : The Latin American Experience

Lederman, Daniel - 2007

This paper examines the extent to which the growth of China and India in world markets is affecting the patterns of … of the trade specialization pattern of China and India. Labor-intensive sectors (both unskilled and skilled) probably … have been negatively affected by the growing presence of China and India in world markets, while natural resource and …

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The Visible Hand of China in Latin America

Santiso, Javier (contributor) - 2007

Latin America is looking towards China and Asia -- and China and Asia are looking right back. This is a major shift … Asia, and in particular China, potentially provides a third engine of growth. This book describes the opportunities and …

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The visible hand of China in Latin America

Santiso, Javier (contributor) - 2007

importance of Asia, and in particular China, potentially provides a third engine of growth. This book describes the opportunities …

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Export competition between China and Latin America and the Caribbean in the United States market

Welslau, Lennard; Artecona, Raquel; Perrotti, Daniel E. - In: The world economy : the leading journal on … 47 (2024) 7, pp. 2947-2969

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