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Ramaswamy, Ramana - 1998

This paper shows that deindustrialization is explained primarily by trends internal to the advanced economies. These … explains less than one fifth of deindustrialization in the advanced economies. Moreover, the contribution of North-South trade … to deindustrialization has been mainly through its effects in stimulating labor productivity in Northern manufacturing …

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Financial Frictions, Investment, and Institutions

Yafeh, Yishay - 2010

Financial frictions have been identified as key factors affecting economic fluctuations and growth. But, can institutional reforms reduce financial frictions? Based on a canonical investment model, we consider two potential channels: (i) financial transaction costs at the firm level; and (ii)...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397491

Rethinking development policy : deindustrialization, servicification and structural transformation

Atolia, Manoj; Loungani, Prakash; Marquis, Milton H.; … - 2018

trajectory of structural transformation. The salient aspects of the current debate on premature deindustrialization and its …

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Infrastructure Aid, Deindustrialization, and Welfare

Choi, Eun Kwan - 2005

This paper investigates the deindustrialization and welfare effects of infrastructure aid in developing countries. In …

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Deindustrialization : Causes and Implications

Ramaswamy, Ramana - 1997

referred to as deindustrialization. This paper argues that, contrary to popular perceptions, deindustrialization is not a …-South trade has had very little to do with deindustrialization. The paper also discusses the implications of deindustrialization …

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Inequality in Brazil : a regional perspective

Góes, Carlos; Karpowicz, Izabela - 2017

In this study, we document the decline in income inequality and a convergence in consumption patterns in Brazilian states in a new database constructed from micro data from the national households' survey. We adjust the state-Gini coefficients for spatial price differences using information on...