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Trade liberalization and the rise of populism in Brazil
Iacoella, Francesco; Justino, Patricia; Martorano, Bruno - 2020
by the trade liberalization process implemented in Brazil between 1990 and 1995. This high impact and low duration event … and 2018 presidential elections in Brazil, which resulted in the election of a left-wing and a rightwing populist … president, respectively. The results show that trade reforms explain the rise of populism in Brazil during the last two decades …
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Exporting and productivity : the role of ownership and innovation in the case of Vietnam
Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn; Nguyen Thi Tue Anh - 2014
In this paper, we investigate the relationship between exporting and productivity in the case of Vietnam using an extensive firm level panel dataset for the period 2005-11. We separate out productivity effects of exporting due to self-selection allowing us to identify the extent to which firms...
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Digital de-industrialization, global value chains, and structural transformation : empirical evidence from low- and middle-income countries
Banga, Karishma; Harbansh, Pankhury; Singh, Surendar - 2023
Digitalization and shifting patterns of globalization are fast changing the rules of the game for countries embarking on a path of industrialization. In this study, we empirically examine the impact of digitalization and global value chains on structural transformation using a cross-country...
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Trade liberalization and South African manufacturing : looking back with data
Driver, Ciaran F. - 2019
This paper provides a retrospective assessment of the effects of trade policies on South African manufacturing since the transition to democracy, examining the differences and commonalities in the views of economists in favour of and against an acceleration of trade liberalization. Data from the...
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Exporting and foreign direct investment spillovers : Cambodia's experience
Chhair, Sokty; Ung, Luyna - 2014
One feature of exporting firms in Cambodia is that they are not of domestic origin but are foreign firms that export from the moment they are established in Cambodia. In this paper we examine the extent to which the presence of foreign-owned export firms impacts on the productivity of domestic...
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Economic complexity and structural transformation : the case of Mozambique
Sørensen, Bjørn Bo; Estmann, Christian; Sarmento, … - 2020
Mozambique is among the world's least complex economies. By systematically accounting for both supply- and demand-side factors, we identify new products and sectors that can help to diversify and upgrade its economy. In a supply-side analysis, we use network methods from the literature on...
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Variation in structural change around the world, 1985-2015 : patterns, causes, and implications
Wood, Adrian - 2017
During 1985-2015, globalization intensified the factor-endowment-related pattern of sectoral specialization. In skill-abundant developed countries, manufacturing became more skill-intensive. In land-scarce developing East Asia, labour-intensive manufacturing expanded, especially in China. In...
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Manufacturing and economic development
Szirmai, Adam - 2011
This paper examines the theoretical and empirical evidence for the hypothesis that manufacturing is the main engine of growth in developing countries. The paper opens with an overview of the main arguments supporting the engine of growth hypothesis and then examines each of these arguments using...
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Emerging patterns of manufacturing structural change
Haraguchi, Nobuya; Rezonja, Gorazd - 2011
In the past, research on changes in relative importance among broad three sectors - ;agriculture, industry, and service - showed general patterns of a country's structural transformation along with economic development. However, there has been devoid of empirical studies investigating in the...
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Enterprise agglomeration, output prices, and physical productivity : firm-level evidence from Ethiopia
Siba, Eyerusalem; Söderbom, Måns; Bigsten, Arne; … - 2012
We use census panel data on Ethiopian manufacturing firms to analyze the connections between enterprise agglomeration, firm-level output prices and physical productivity. We find a negative and statistically significant relationship between the agglomeration of firms that produce a given product...
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