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This paper investigates the impact of trade barriers such as customs clearance, subjective trade obstacles (customs and trade regulations), and inventory of inputs on the internationalization of enterprises in Southeast Asia and Latin America, using the World Bank's enterprise surveys. Empirical...
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This paper examines the evolution of the variety of Mexico’s export goods using disaggregated trade data. Both the …) methodology proposed in this paper show that NAFTA membership does not enhance the variety of Mexico's export goods. This finding … contrasts with NAFTA's positive association with the increase in export variety found in the literature. …
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There exists a growing body of literature which looks at export decisions made by firms. Most studies focus on … aims at filling this gap in the literature by analyzing the export behavior of a statistically representative sample of 192 … higher probability of exporting. Training activities for employees are important to export outside of MERCOSUR. …
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This paper analyses the relationship between firm productivity and export behavior in German manufacturing firms. We …-productivity firms self-select themselves into export markets, while exporting itself does not play a significant role for productivity …
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As the success of East Asian countries has shown, labor-intensive industry is recognized to lead economic growth in the early stages of development, utilizing relatively low labor costs. This same growth process has already started in South and South East Asian LDCs since the mid-1990s. However,...
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This paper tries to explain how the Japanese postwar export promotion system worked and what kind of roles JETRO played … in this system. Two case studies of JETRO's successful export promotion activities were also introduced. The paper also … American Export Promotion Agencies, based upon JETRO's postwar experiences. …
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This paper investigates Japanese trade by mode of transport, i.e., air transport versus maritime shipping. Some facts about Japanese machinery exports by mode of transport in the 1990s are examined first. Then it will be shown that products of the machinery sector where international...
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these issues is handicapped by the lack of reliable statistics on aggregate import and export prices. Although researchers … problem by examining recent studies on the export competition between China and other Asian countries. …
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disease". This study projects Myanmar's export potential by calculating counterfactual export values with an augmented gravity …
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The export-oriented garment industry in Madagascar has displayed robust growth, thus both contributing to the economy …-level adverse impacts are much less than those on export value at the industry level because of the maintained duty-free access to …
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