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Trade Liberalization, Intermediate Inputs, and Productivity : Evidence From Indonesia

Amiti, Mary - 2005

This paper estimates the effects of trade liberalization on plant productivity. In contrast to previous studies, we distinguish between productivity gains arising from lower tariffs on final goods relative to lower tariffs on intermediate inputs. Lower output tariffs can produce productivity...

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Trade Liberalization and Firm Productivity : The Case of India

Topalova, Petia - 2004

Using a panel of firm-level data, this paper examines the effects of India''s trade reforms in the early 1990s on firm productivity in the manufacturing sector, focusing on the interaction between this policy shock and firm and environment characteristics. The rapid and comprehensive tariff...

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Inclusivity in the labor market

ElGanainy, Asmaa Adel; Ernst, Ekkehard; Merola, Rossana; … - 2021

Labor earnings are the dominant income source for most individuals. Thus, an inclusive labor market is key for ensuring inclusive growth. In this paper we propose four principles that an inclusive labor market will embody: access, fairness, protection and voice. While measuring inclusivity...

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Why is China Growing so Fast?

Khan, Mohsin S. - 1996

China has been growing at a spectacular rate in recent years, enabling per capita incomes to almost quadruple in only … the last decade and a half This paper identifies the sources of economic growth in China from 1953 to 1994. While capital … accumulation played an important role in China’s economic growth throughout the period, it is basically the sharp and sustained …

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International trade and corporate market power

Gonzalez-Garcia, Jesus; Yang, Yuanchen - 2020

This paper examines the effect of international trade on corporate market power in emerging market economies and developing countries, with a special focus on sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis is based on a large firm-level dataset, tariff data by sector and agreggate indicators of international...

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The welfare implications of services liberalization in a developing country : evidence from Tunisia

Jouini, Nizar; Rebei, Nooman - 2013

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Structural reforms and regional convergence

Spilimbergo, Antonio; Che, Natasha Xingyuan - 2012

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Trade, jobs, and inequality

Beaton, Kimberly; Cerra, Valerie; Hadzi-Vaskov, Metodij - 2021

This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the conditions and policies that help spread the gains from trade more evenly throughout the population. We exploit a large global firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import...

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Another piece of the puzzle : adding SWIFT data on documentary collections to the short-term forecast of world trade

Ghazaryan, Narek; Goumilevski, Alexei; Mongardini, Joannes - 2021

This paper extends earlier research by adding SWIFT data on documentary collections to the short-term forecast of international trade. While SWIFT documentary collections accounted for just over one percent of world trade financing in 2020, they have strong explanatory power to forecast world...

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Are capital goods tariffs different?

Meleshchuk, Sergii; Timmer, Yannick - 2020

In this paper we demonstrate the importance of distinguishing capital goods tariffs from other tariffs. Using exposure to a quasi-natural experiment induced by a trade reform in Colombia, we find that firms that have been more exposed to a reduction in intermediate and consumption input or...

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