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Feeling Poor, Feeling Rich, or Feeling Middle-Class : An Empirical Investigation
Bussolo, Maurizio; Lebrand, Mathilde Sylvie Maria; … - 2020
Based on their objective economic situation and comparing with their peers, individuals form perceptions of their economic position in a society. Data from the three waves of the Life in Transition surveys of European countries show that these perceptions systematically deviate from the rankings...
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Japan's Changing Industrial Landscape
Yusuf, Shahid - 2015
This paper explores various strategic options available to Japanese firms faced with the increasing market pressures in the global economy. Whether Japanese firms are able to retain the competitive edge will depend on the continuing gains in their manufacturing capability, their capacity to...
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Intellectual Property Rights, Human Capital and the Incidence of R&D Expenditures
Bravo-Ortega, Claudio; Lederman, Daniel - 2013
Numerous studies predict that developing countries with low human capital may not benefit from the strengthening of intellectual property rights. The authors extend an influential theoretical framework to highlight the role of intellectual property rights in the process of innovation and...
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Product Market Regulation and Macroeconomic Performance : A Review of Cross Country Evidence
Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2021
The main purpose of this paper is to provide a critical overview of the recent empirical contributions that use cross country data to study the effect of product market regulation and reform on a country's macroeconomic performance. After a brief review of the theoretical literature and of...
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Commodity Exports and Real Income in Africa
Swaroop, Vinaya - 2017
It has been argued that if several developing countries expand exports, they are likely to experience a decline in … commodity for which many African countries have a large share in world exports. Their concern is chiefly with the problems that …
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Big Dragon, Little Dragons : China's Challenge to the Machinery Exports of Southeast Asia
Rahardja, Sjamsu - 2016
machinery between China and Southeast Asia. China has increased its world market share in machinery exports. The median relative … unit value of its finished machinery exports has also risen. Yet the author finds no evidence that China's expansion in the … world machinery market has squeezed the market shares of Southeast Asian machinery exports. Instead, components made by …
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Export Structure and Growth : A Detailed Analysis for Argentina
Parra Torrado, Monica - 2016
This paper examines recent changes in the structure of Argentine exports and the implications for future growth. The …-productivity goods that tend to be exported by low-income countries. The productivity content of Argentine exports has increased recently … exports more the efficiency frontier. Those products include chemicals and primary products with some degree of value added …
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Identifying Supply-Side Constraints to Export Performance in Ecuador : An Exercise With Investment Climate Survey Data
Correa, Paulo Guilherme - 2016
and intensity with size, import of inputs, labor regulations, in-house research and development, quality certification …
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Exports, University-Industry Linkages, and Innovation Challenges in Bangalore, India
D'Costa, Anthony P. - 2016
The success of the Indian software industry is now internationally recognized. Consequently, scholars, policymakers, and industry officials everywhere generally anticipate the increasing competitiveness of India in high technology activities. Using a structural framework, the author argues that...
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Innovation and Export Portfolios
Klinger, Bailey - 2016
This paper examines the link between sectoral concentration and overall performance in the search for on-the-frontier innovations, inside-the-frontier innovations, and export booms. It extends the literature by increasing country coverage and the types of search processes considered, and by...
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