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investigates how global value chain-related trade affects the export performance of manufacturing firms in South Africa. In … results confirm that global value chain-related trade is associated with a higher productivity premium compared with … traditional trade. However, within the categories of exporters, only the firms that trade in global value chain-related products …
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This paper evaluates the impact of Chinese import penetration on the innovation of Vietnamese manufacturing firms from 2011 to 2015, exploiting variations in import exposure by industry specialization and instrumenting for Chinese import penetration using Chinese global exports. Contrary to the...
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exporting and growth performance in Kenya using time series data. Despite trade liberalization and export promotion policies …
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product-specific trade resistance and geographically dispersed demand. The broad sectoral focus of Mozambique's industrial …
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We investigate the effect of economic sanctions on trade flows in countries sharing a border with the sanctioned state …. On the one hand, trade models suggest that trade flows should decrease as sanctions disrupt trading routes and economic … ties with suppliers and customers. On the other hand, countries can circumvent trade restrictions by clandestinely …
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How does international trade affect structural transformation in developing countries? We use data on sectoral … across geographical regions, with a difference in Sub-Saharan Africa, where international trade causes an increase in the …
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distribution of resources has sharpened the trade-off between the benefits of common policies needed to tackle cross … reduce trade costs were largely ignored across African RECs until recently. While this is probably due to the difficulty in …
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Analysis of household food consumption patterns and welfare requires knowledge of household demand responses to changes in price and income. Estimation of the price and expenditure elasticities requires detailed data on household purchases and prices, which are often not available in many...
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The phased elimination of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement has been one of the most compelling trade policy reforms of the …
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The increasing quantity of literature investigating the impact of trade openness on firm efficiency has not yet …
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