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total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed … from trade with the European Union, Korea from trade with Japan, and Mexico from trade with North America. In other words …
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"Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through the impact of increased competition and foreign...
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"Javorcik, Saggi, and Spatareanu use a firm-level panel data set from Romania to examine whether the nationality of foreign investors affects the degree of vertical spillovers from foreign direct investment. Investors' country of origin may matter for spillovers to domestic producers in upstream...
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effect of the NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to help induce Wal-Mart to enter Mexico. Once there, Walmex … and processes from their headquarters to Mexico. Finally, although Mexican detergent exports captured an increasing share …
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predictions using data on migration within Mexico where the census data permit careful analysis. They offer the first … specifications for migration within Mexico, incorporating measures of cost of living, amenities, and networks. Contrary to much of … labor market. Finally, the authors generate some tentative inferences about the impact on increased FDI on Mexico …
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The book describes why expanding trade, and investment is vital for the Middle East and North Africa region. The greatest economic challenge is to create enough jobs for its rapidly growing labor force, which is increasingly young, and educated, to ward off threats to social, and political...
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