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costs are used as an exogenous measure of import competition. The authors find a positive and robust effect of import … that increased import competition from less advanced economies is the major cause for the positive impact on quality …
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The basic framework for the background study on building export competitiveness in Laos is based on the National Growth …
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make the most of its export opportunities on a changing international playing field, Bangladesh needs to follow a strategic … grasp. The concrete recommendations made in the report for improving export competitiveness, could serve as a critical basis … for making the needed revisions in the two pivotal trade policy instruments of the Government --Import Policy Order 2003 …
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-mainly with large fast-growing emerging economies-remains a challenge. Export performance is analyzed along three dimensions that …, together, give a fairly comprehensive picture of competitiveness: 1) the composition, orientation and growth of the export … basket; 2) the degree of export diversification across products and markets; and 3) the level of sophistication and quality …
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-mainly with large fast-growing emerging economies-remains a challenge. Export performance is analyzed along three dimensions that …, together, give a fairly comprehensive picture of competitiveness: 1) the composition, orientation and growth of the export … basket; 2) the degree of export diversification across products and markets; and 3) the level of sophistication and quality …
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Pakistan is widely believed to be underperforming as far as its agricultural export potential is concerned. However … first necessary step in the analysis of Pakistan's comparative advantage in agricultural export markets. However, little or … quantifying the degree of comparative advantage of Pakistan agricultural export products in major overseas markets. This …
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attached policy matrix. The objective of export incentives is to reduce the costs of exported products with policy instruments …
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"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation...
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"This paper studies the factors banks perceive as drivers and obstacles to financing small and medium enterprises (SMEs), focusing on the role of competition and the institutional framework. Using a survey of banks in Argentina and Chile, the paper shows that, despite alleged differences in the...
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"The authors test competing theories of capital structure choices using firm-level data on firm borrowings. The majority of firms in the dataset are privately owned, young, micro or small and medium enterprise (SME) firms concentrated in the service sector. In general, the financing pattern of...
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