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Africa’s tourism potential is acknowledged to be significant but underdeveloped. This paper uses both cross … infrastructure, marketing and information, and the level of development at the destination are key determinants of travel to Africa … prices and the cost of travel, are not so significant in explaining the demand for Africa as a tourism destination. It is …
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In this paper I empirically investigate the early international entrepreneurship of indigenous Chinese firms using data on 3,948 firms surveyed by the World Bank in 2002-03. I find important differences in the extent and motivation of early internationalization between indigenous and...
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South Africa over the period 1962-2000 and its relationship to GDP per capita. We use a computable general equilibrium (CGE … diversification results in higher GDP growth and employment. The main channel for this observation is that greater export …
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We use data on 3,948 Chinese firms obtained from the World Bank's Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey to investigate early international entrepreneurship (international new ventures) in China. The extent of early international entrepreneurship in China is significant: 65 per cent of the...
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We use a modified gravity model to estimate the relationship between trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). We find evidence of a significant causal relationship from SADC's exports to inward FDI. Distance (reflecting remoteness and...
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export-oriented firm would locate from a port. We present empirical evidence from South Africa in support of the model. …
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determinants of the location decision of exporters. Data from 354 magisterial districts in South Africa are used with a variety of … the home market effect is relatively more important in the developing country context (South Africa), a finding consistent …
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This paper provides empirical evidence on the location of export-oriented manufacturing firms in Africa (South Africa …' location, with more than 70 per cent of manufacturing exports in South Africa originating from a band of 100 km from a port …
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generally experienced higher economic growth rates and contributed much more to overall exports from South Africa. We also find … regional growth in a developing country context. Using export data for 19 sectors from 354 subnational (magisterial) districts … of South Africa, we construct various measures of subnational export diversity. We find that it is not only how much that …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted trade and global value chains. Small open economies such as Portugal are particularly vulnerable. In this paper we consider the impact of the pandemic on the country's exports, arguing that an export-led recovery is possible. The challenge is to identify...
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