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Criss-Crossing Globalization : Uphill Flows of Skill-Intensive Goods and Foreign Direct Investment
Mattoo, Aaditya - 2014
and Development (OECD) countries from developing countries like Brazil, India, Malaysia, and South Africa as a share of …
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The Textile-Clothing Value Chain in India and Bangladesh : How Appropriate Policies Can Promote (or Inhibit) Trade and Investment
Kabir, Mahfuz - 2019
There are significant value chain linkages between India and Bangladesh, particularly in the textile and apparel sector …. India specializes in the upstream segment, supplying such intermediate inputs as silk, cotton, yarn, and fabrics to … Bangladesh. Bangladesh specializes in the downstream final apparel segment, exporting worldwide as well as to India. Tariffs and …
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Learning Versus Stealing : How Important are Market-Share -- Reallocations to India's Productivity Growth?
Harrison, Ann E. - 2017
comprehensive, firm-level data from India's organized manufacturing sector to show that market-share reallocations did play an … important role in aggregate productivity gains immediately following the start of India's trade reforms in 1991. However … productivity, which can be attributed to India's trade liberalization and FDI reforms …
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A Bit Far? Geography, International Economic Agreements, and Foreign Direct Investment : Evidence from Emerging Markets
Gomez-Mera, Laura - 2019
of 700 firms from four emerging (or newly-emerged) economies: Brazil, India, the Republic of Korea, and South Africa. The …
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Inter-Firm Trade Finance in Times of Crisis
Menichini, Anna Maria C. - 2010
The paper discusses the main features that distinguish inter-firm international trade finance from alternative sources of financing. On the one hand, inter-firm trade finance could help overcome informational problems associated with other lending relationships; on the other, it may contribute...
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Developing Economies and International Investors : Do Investment Promotion Agencies Bring Them Together?
Harding, Torfinn - 2016
Many countries spend significant resources on investment promotion agencies in the hope of attracting inflows of foreign direct investment. Despite the importance of this question for public policy choices, little is known about the effectiveness of investment promotion efforts. This study uses...
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Will Markets Direct Investments Under the Kyoto Protocol?
Larson, Donald F. - 2016
Under the Kyoto Protocol, countries can meet treaty obligations by investing in projects that reduce or sequester greenhouse gases elsewhere. Prior to ratification, treaty participants agreed to launch country-based pilot projects, referred to collectively as Activities Implemented Jointly...
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Does Services Liberalization Benefit Manufacturing Firms? Evidence from the Czech Republic
Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2016
While there is considerable empirical evidence on the impact of liberalizing trade in goods, the effects of services liberalization have not been empirically established. Using firm-level data from the Czech Republic for the period 1998-2003, this study examines the link between services sector...
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Beyond Trade : The Impact of Preferential Trade Agreements on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows
Medvedev, Denis - 2016
The author investigates the effects of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on the net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows of member countries using a comprehensive database of PTAs in a panel setting. He finds that PTA membership is associated with a positive change in net FDI inflows, and...
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Openness and Industrial Response in a Wal-Mart World : A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents, and Surfactant Producers
Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska - 2016
This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in the Mexican soaps, detergents, and surfactants (SDS) industry. Several basic findings emerge. First, the most fundamental effect of the NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was...
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