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How Many Dimensions Do We Trade in? Product Space Geometry and Latent Comparative Advantage
Arvis, Jean - 2013
This paper proposes a new quantitative implementation of Balassa's idea that export composition and revealed comparative advantage inform the relationship between endowments in domestic factors of production and exports. It proposes that the export composition of countries is close to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080670
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The Poverty Impacts of the Doha Round in Cameroon : The Role of Tax Policy
Emini, Christian Arnault; Cockburn, John; Decaluwe, Bernard - 2005
alleviation at the national level, while Cameroon's domestic trade liberalization has adverse poverty and inequality impacts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014062992
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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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Domestic Constraints, Firm Characteristics, and Geographical Diversification of Firm-Level Manufacturing Exports in Africa
Yoshino, Yutaka - 2008
Using firm-level data on manufacturing sectors in Africa, this paper addresses how domestic supply constraints and other firm characteristics explain the geographical orientation of firms' exports and the overall market diversification of African manufacturing exports. The degree of market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219055
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International Benchmarking for Country Economic Diagnostics : A Stochastic Frontier Approach
Norambuena, Vivian - 2020
This paper discusses the analytical foundations of international comparisons for assessing a country's potential for improvement along various dimensions of social and economic development. The paper presents the Stochastic Frontier approach and applies it to estimate feasible frontiers or...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318222
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Changing Norms About Gender Inequality in Education : Evidence from Bangladesh
Blunch, Niels-Hugo - 2016
Using a recent household survey for two cohorts of married women, this paper examines norms about gender equality in education for children and adults. Among the main findings are that gender education gap norms have changed: younger generations of women are more positive about female vs. male...
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The Economics of Consanguineous Marriages
Do, Quy-Toan - 2016
dowry payment and consanguinity. An empirical analysis using data from Bangladesh delivers robust results consistent with …
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Firm Productivity in Bangladesh Manufacturing Industries
Fernandes, Ana M. - 2016
The author studies the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) for manufacturing firms in Bangladesh using data …
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Implications of WTO Agreements and Unilateral Trade Policy Reforms for Poverty in Bangladesh : Short Versus Long-Run Impacts
Annabi, Nabil - 2016
in Bangladesh. They use a sequential dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, which takes into account … accumulation effects, allowing for long-run analysis. The study is based on the 2000 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) of Bangladesh … scenario has negative implications for the overall macroeconomy, household welfare, and poverty in Bangladesh. Terms of trade …
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